Word: balking
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Harvard then took the lead for good in the second with an unearned run of its own. Sophomore Mickey Kropf singled and advanced to second on a balk. Kropf reached third on a groundout to first and scored when pitcher Johnny Mauri mishandled Shakir’s grounder...
After six innings of scoreless play last Monday, a balk plated the eventual winning run for the No. 23 Buckeyes, ending a shutout bid by Sheffield (0-1). The Crimson relief pitching then allowed Ohio State to post a blowout, giving up six runs in 3.2 innings...
Ohio State scored four runs in the ninth off of two balks and a wild pitch by junior T.J. Sevier. With one out, junior Ryan Tsujikawa entered the game for the Crimson, and Harvard’s fourth balk of the night led to Ohio State’s ninth...
...insurance will cover the costs, but that's unlikely. All dioceses carry general negligence and liability coverage, but that basic policy, underwritten by commercial companies like Kemper and Lloyd's of London, doesn't begin to cover settlements the size of Boston's. Commercial insurers have recently started to balk at paying claims if they can prove church officials knew about the abuse and failed to stop it. Most dioceses also insure themselves through a Catholic self-help pool to which they contribute healthy annual premiums. Sometimes nicknamed "the Bishop's Program," this extra insurance often provides the cash payments...
...Palestinian militants on the ground who have waged the intifada - to enforce a cease-fire. Such incentive would only come, say Palestinian officials (and European mediators and Israeli peacemakers such as foreign minister Shimon Peres) with the restoration of negotiations over Palestinian statehood. While Sharon and his supporters balk at resuming such talks, arguing that this would simply reward violence, Peres and others say that it would create a necessary incentive for Arafat to keep the peace...