She balks when she hears authorities say knife crimes are isolated and the general public is rarely at risk.
There is talk of mass privatisations of public property (although Mr Papandreou balks at selling off any Aegean islands).
She balks when I mention it, but we both know her balking is politeness, not an argument with the truth.
And if the UAW balks at the cuts, the company says it will ask a bankruptcy judge to enforce them.
But Augusta, proud of its course, balks at invoking the lift-clean-and-place rule.
He balks at the idea of a combined Alcatel-Lucent quickly going after a networking giant like Juniper in order to challenge Cisco head-on.
Alicia Munnell, who heads Boston College's Center for Retirement Research, balks at Shoven's notion that the Social Security benefit age should keep going up.
It is rumored that Davis has put up a piece of his team for sale but that every time he gets close to a deal, he balks.
For all the bluster as Anadarko Petroleum balks at BP's demands it contribute to cleanup costs in the Gulf of Mexico, the most likely result is some form of settlement.
If the state ultimately balks at the Arden Hills site, the one the Vikings want, the club is facing the last season of its Metrodome lease with an unsettled future.
By the way, if your prospective business partner balks at the idea of a trial run for your partnership, recognize that as the valuable piece of data it is and pull the plug.
He will probably spend the big bucks at Google.org, too, since his brief involves financing projects between the levels "between the pilot level and a big commercial roll out, " where private equity often balks.
If Hon Kai balks at paying the expected JPY 66.9 billion, and finds a way to break or renegotiate the deal (as now seems almost certain), Sharp could collapse under the weight of its debt and depleting capital.
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