Word: balks
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Even so, the proposed White House cut from previously planned 1983 domestic spending is expected to total almost $30 billion. Even some loyal Republicans are likely to balk. Said Majority Leader Howard Baker last week: "You've cut all you can from discretionary programs. We may have overdone it already in some of them...
...domestic programs, perhaps so Reagan can later ask for lesser, though still hefty, reductions without seeming hardhearted. Cabinet officials have begun to declare their dismay publicly and most are taking their protests to the President instead of acquiescing to Stockman's demands. Congress also is almost certain to balk. Says Joseph McDade of Pennsylvania, a savvy Republican on the House Appropriations Committee: "We'll not see a repeat next year of what we saw this year...
Worse, an Egyptian-Saudi-Jordanian coalition could well terrify Israel, leading it either to balk at returning the rest of the Sinai to Egyptian rule on schedule next April, or to continue stalling on negotiations with Cairo to provide autonomy for the 1.3 million Palestinian Arabs of the occupied West Bank and Gaza, or both. The Reagan Administration has proved notably unwilling to lean on Israel in any way that would assuage Arab fears. Washington's ineffectual protests against Israeli air raids on the Iraqi nuclear reactor, and on Palestinian areas of Beirut, were widely and bitterly noted...
This second congressional battle of the budget promises to be tough. It could, in fact, crack the solid Republican support that Reagan enjoyed this summer. Conservative hawks might balk at reductions in projected military spending. Other Republicans might flinch at deeper cuts in already lean social programs. Observes Democratic Congressman Morris Udall of Arizona: "There are 20 or 30 liberal Republicans in the House who are embarrassed with their constituencies. They can't go on [supporting Reagan] forever...
...William Rand, the turmoil of the Late 60s have caused problems of the opposite nature--though to a far lesser extent. Where Barber must deal with alumni who still resent Harvard's conservatism during that era, Rand must face classmates who balk at Harvard's alleged liberalism. "Some people were upset when the University got rid of its military programs--though they were bucking under to pressure. Some others thought Harvard had a communist element stirring then...