She initially balked at the price, spending so much money on so few rooms.
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The medical community accepted Reaven's notion of insulin resistance but balked at Syndrome X.
But several years later, potential buyers balked at having no place to put their cars.
Sowell bought 30 units in 2005 but balked at a larger rollout for another year.
But summoned to a grand-jury hearing, he balked, telling an official that he refused to testify.
Jerry Falwell, balked on Facebook when the school invited Romney to speak at commencement.
When I started to get out of the car with him, though, Peck balked.
Because of health concerns, some European countries have balked at importing food grown using biotechnology.
Locals balked at high prices and, initially, at imported control-freakery that dampened the Caribbean spirit.
Japan, in turn, has balked at okaying more U.S. radar deployments, according to defense analyst Okabe.
But the Treasury and Federal Reserve held steady in withholding federal assistance, and the firms balked.
New England's largest utility says Con-Ed balked at going forward under previously agreed terms.
As Mahathir attempted to arrange multimillion-dollar bailouts for local companies, Anwar, then Finance Minister, balked.
When the company first balked, she threatened to open a Levi Web site of her own.
The White House has balked at this idea, arguing that it would crowd out private lenders.
When certain members of his own party balked, he supported their challengers in the primaries.
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But last November, when the time came to enforce the rules, the Council of Ministers balked.
But Mr Koizumi's junior coalition partner, the Buddhist-backed New Komeito, has balked at the idea.
Those talks stalled early Monday when Yugoslavia balked at several points in a NATO-prepared withdrawal document.
The bankers have balked at his terms and the financing is yet to be secured.
When Mr Robertson demanded power over bits of the Frankfurt operations too, the Germans balked.
But Mr Sharon has balked at the map's demand for a comprehensive freeze on settlements.
He balked, as did the married Elie de Rothschild, scion of the French banking and wine family.
If just one bank balked, the deal would fall through and Rite Aid would surely go bankrupt.
No wonder some of President Bush's supporters have balked at this gambit, in the Senate and out.
Another law enforcement official also balked at the notion of enforcing federal gun laws he considers unconstitutional.
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Ryanair's bid two years ago failed after European regulators and the Irish government balked at the proposal.
Mitt Romney has balked at releasing his federal income tax returns for 2011 and some years prior.
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Gates at first had balked at a makeover before the Longhorn system would be ready, but Raikes talked him into it.
When the music was first heard in the 1820s, critics balked, blaming Beethoven's deafness for the work's difficult harmonies.
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