Word: balks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well as expected, are Detroit's "scaled-down intermediates," mainly such mid-size GM cars as the Oldsmobile Cutlass, Pontiac Grand Prix, Buick Century and Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Lighter and more economical than their ancestors, the new middies' prices are causing some buyers to balk over what they see as getting less car for more money. That has put dealers on the spot. Says Detroit Ford Dealer Jim McDonald: "The customers feel that since a car is smaller, it's bound to have less in it. Our job is basically education-showing them that the cars have...
...controversial balk call on Dodger reliever Elias Sosa provided the Phils with an insurance run after Schmidt's timely...
...Jerusalem to brief the Israelis. They do ot quite know what to expect, for the Sectary has not been consulting the Israeli leaders. Stated Naftali Lavie, Foreign Minister Dayan's spokesman: "We are totally in the dark." In his talks with Vance Premier Menachem Begin will probably balk at negotiating any substantive issues of a potential peace settlement. As he did during his summit with Carter last month Begin will focus on procedural points insisting that substantive points are better solved at a conference with the Arab states...
...sheets. The Florida contingent was led by an aspiring-and perspiring -Ulysses, clad in bright gold-fabric armor. Would-be Legionnaires-all male -captained chariots crafted from barrels and aluminum sheeting, drawn by teams of giggling girls. Chauvinistic? Perhaps, but the girls didn't mind. Nor did they balk at a slave auction, in which the prettiest sold for up to $50 in aid of a book fund. Successful bidders got a coed for the day to rub their backs, feed them grapes at a Roman banquet that night-and do whatever else that might pass by the watchful...
Some Southwestern veterans also balk at selling the books, which they believe are of questionable educational value, in low-income neighborhoods where the people they are selling to may not be able to afford them...