Word: balkier
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...Frank confronts a particularly busy Fourth of July weekend. After dozens of false starts, he wants to get two of his balkier clients to say yes to a house he shows them. Then he wants to slip down to the Jersey shore and spend the night with his girlfriend Sally. And he has committed himself to a two-day trip with the troubled Paul, their ultimate destination the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown: "If your son begins suddenly to fall at a headlong rate, you must through the agency of love and greater age throw him a line...
...Many members of Congress continue to regard inflation as enemy number one. Says Bob Giaimo, chairman of the House Budget Committee: "Some Democrats are talking about incentives and stimulants. I don't think they're reading the tea leaves right." Carter may also find the Federal Reserve balkier than before. Its new chairman, Paul Volcker, is a more determined inflation fighter than his predecessor, William Miller, who is now Treasury Secretary...
...Lyndon losing his touch? Not really. But as old Capitol Hill Veteran Johnson well knows, Congress grows balkier with every day a session drags on beyond Labor Day-and adjournment is not yet in sight. While home rule for Washington is an endlessly controversial topic, congressional unrest undoubtedly contributed to defeat of Lyndon's bill...
With the Purge primaries for Senators complete, such comments indicated that the result of the Purge would be a balkier rather than a more complaisant Senate. After the President's personal appearance in Maryland's Purge (TIME, Sept. 12), Jim Farley muttered to newsmen: "It's a bust." After last week's Georgia vote, Mr. Farley was asked, "What about the primaries...
Marshall ran the next kick off back 35 yards. Jones gained 20 yards around left end. Gains by Graydon through the line and an end run by Derby brought the ball to the 15 yard line. By short gains through the line Graydon advanced the balkier the second touchdown. The first eleven failed to catch the punt-out. Lawrence ran the kick-off back 12 yards. Blagden then gained 5 yards, but on the next play Jones was tackled for a loss. A fumble prevented the first from gaining and Mifflin punted. The second was held and Boyd punted. Swann...
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