Word: balked
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...Harvard it appears to have been tacitly assumed that everyone concerned is working seriously and industriously, and that any inadequacies which exist are thus innate faults of the program itself. This is clearly not the actual case. For the Harvard man it is evidently a point of honor to balk at a language requirement simply because it is required. The genteel art of playing the pious but utterly bewildered student is brought to its highest perfection in elementary language courses. It is a useful art, for it well conceals the fact that no homework has been done...
...approached the Committee on Financial Aid, it would almost certainly have found the University quite willing to underwrite the German students' living expenses for the year, especially since the Council anticipates little trouble in persuading private corporations to finance a future five-year budget. Surely the University should not balk at a loan when last year it gave six full tuitions as an outright gift...
...accompanied by Smith, Wellesley, and Vassar girls. The first night everyone sang college songs and went home happy. At the field the next day things went along fairly smoothly. The Yale pitcher and captain allowed a run when Charley, the Princeton Tiger, yelled "Skull and Bones" causing him to balk. A group of Lampoon fools paraded around in beanies and T shirts saying, "I go to Harvard...
...Abhorring war as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us, we hold it to be the first task of statesmanship to develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace...
Just before Christmas, Pisarev gave the employee a cash gift. Then Pisarev asked for Dutch counterespionage plans. When his contact pretended to balk at the suggestion, Pisarev threatened him: "You've already taken money. You're implicated ... If you cooperate with us, you'll have a high position in the new regime...