Word: balking
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...opener started on a negative note when Harvard starter Julie Fromholz surrendered an unearned run to the Turtles on an error, a wild pitch, a balk and a sacrifice bunt in the first inning...
Well-intentioned but slightly befuddled, American politicians rush to assist Hungary in its transition to democracy. -- East Germany's Modrow is the lamest of lame ducks. -- The contras and the Sandinistas balk at demobilization...
...script is almost clinically clear about why the Marquise de Merteuil (Annette Bening) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Colin Firth) embark on a campaign to debauch a 15-year-old virgin, Cecile de Volanges (Fairuza Balk). The older woman is gripped by temporary insanity because she loves the man who intends to marry the adolescent. The vicomte too has his excuses. He is possessed by a passionate nature, the ill effects of which, it is implied, are also temporary. Give the kid some time, and he will probably turn out to be an admirable citizen. Indeed, his second amorous campaign...
...relationship is actually poisoned on both sides. Patients may insist on the most conscientious care and yet balk at the battery of tests that doctors order to cover themselves. "You come in for an ingrown toenail, and they turn you inside out giving you all kinds of tests that you don't need," says columnist Ann Landers, who receives complaints from all concerned. "The bill is horrendous. The doctors want to be able to prove that they didn't miss anything. It makes people mad, and I don't blame them...
...Department of Energy, five people have rejected offers to serve as the $80,700-a-year Assistant Secretary in charge of nuclear energy. "I'm having trouble persuading people with needed skills to join the Government," complains Energy Secretary James Watkins. "They might swallow the lower pay, but they balk when they learn ethics laws could bar them from returning to their old jobs...