But television and cable companies have balked at a deal.
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Sony execs balked and told Netflix to buy the discs.
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Trump's son, Eric Trump, balked at the Correspondents' Association's condemnation.
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But Republicans have balked at amnesty without broader reforms. Rep.
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Both Ripley and Maggie balked over these big romantic gestures.
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Historically, seniors have balked at Republican proposals to restructure Medicare.
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When students learned of the hike months later, they balked.
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Rogen's older sister Danya also balked at Mom's big reveal.
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But where Twitter balked, the SEC has now stepped in.
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French unions balked at his appointment and threatened strike action.
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Trump has reportedly balked at Kelly's tight control over information.
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Many states have balked, and the program is largely paralyzed.
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Noah balked at the idea, but Kendrick defended the woman.
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Some people balked at the idea, but Huang was undeterred.
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The young and healthy balked at buying overpriced health insurance.
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But his son balked: He wasn't interested in having children.
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He balked at putting on his coat despite the chill.
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Republicans balked, and eventually put forth their $1.1 billion plan.
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Salesforce apparently balked and bought Steelbrick instead for $360 million.
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Most Republican lawmakers still supported it, but a few balked.
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When Mr. Moore balked, Global Witness contacted a law firm.
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Even scientists supporting the cull balked at the bowhunters' methods.
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At first, I balked at paying $5 for discounted butter.
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But Underwood balked at losing another 4% for $100,000 more.
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Republicans have balked at the court ruling, and state Rep.
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" Both candidates balked: "Are you afraid I couldn't hear him?
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Foxconn unexpectedly balked just before the deal was to be sealed.
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Experts have urged change for decades, but squeamish politicians have balked.
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When Zigun announced mermaids would be walking on land, people balked.
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The industry balked, arguing that states were already providing adequate oversight.
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Before the money was in Meehan's hands, however, the woman balked.
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This is impressive currency on The Bachelor, but Luyendyk seemingly balked.
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It is not that its airlines have balked at the proposal.
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Reuters: Pentagon balked at U.S. border troops building immigration detention center.
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But three partners balked at those restrictions and quit last Wednesday.
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But agents loudly and defiantly balked, and the case remained open.
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The political intelligence firm balked at the breadth of the request.
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Scherzer then balked, which moved the runners to second and third.
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Last week, the banks that would have financed a purchase balked.
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Cash-strapped Venezuela has balked at paying in other arbitration cases.
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But, in court papers, attorneys for Comcast balked at the distinction.
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When he returned to Heritage's offices, though, some senior staffers balked.
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The French government balked but Renault shareholders ultimately approved that payout.
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When lawmakers balked at this, the president simply dissolved the Parliament.
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Plan B suggested Mr. Hunnam, at which point Mr. Gray balked.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Some Indian officials have balked at Apple's (AAPL.
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On the other hand, all have balked at actually supporting impeachment.
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Quist supporters balked at the idea of another multimillionaire in Washington.
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Progressives, though, balked over the proposals excluded from the final bill.
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When her agent brought her the script for "Grey's," Pompeo balked.
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Some lawmakers balked at the potential social problems caused by casinos.
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However, even Brazile balked at what she found at the DNC.
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The banks financing the deal balked as the advertising market deteriorated.
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Indeed, centrist Republicans in both chambers have balked at the idea.
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Republicans balked at the Democrats' sub-cap offer, the source said.
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Lawson, through her gallery, balked at providing images for the essay.
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I had balked at each one of my ex's gym invitations.
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" Sanders balked at the statement, saying it was "typical of this department.
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When Kubicki asked for the money back, Kostecki balked and got angry.
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Restaurant owners balked: How would they come up with the extra wages?
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No sooner had Mr. Hijab's group received the invitation than it balked.
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Kevin Cramer, a Republican representing North Dakota, also balked at the protest.
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Members of Parliament -- especially the country gentry -- balked at financing the effort.
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When she presented a July 2018 compromise, some pro-Brexit ministers balked.
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He revoked the order, but the bank balked at returning the money.
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Studios balked, Itum says, at MoviePass' attempt to cut into their profits.
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The experts and victims with whom Insider spoke balked at Rotunno's views.
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Clinton, many Democrats and even some in his own Republican party balked.
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"It never balked; it never said, 'I can't do this,'" Goddard said.
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Civil liberties groups, he recalls, also balked at an automated moderation system.
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Ganopolsky balked, but her brother wanted to comply, she told Business Insider.
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Yet when we discussed setting goals to achieve greater success, he balked.
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Paul LePage (R) balked at implementation, arguing it would bankrupt the state.
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In 2009, the city balked at building a federally mandated treatment facility.
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The American people really balked at that, and saw it as undemocratic.
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I balked a bit at the Timbuk2's $200 price tag, mind.
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Men balked and chose to hire more men than women, she found.
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As expected, the conservative government in Saskatchewan balked at signing the agreement.
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Some homeland governors balked at seeing their lands reincorporated into South Africa.
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They also balked at Trump's justification that cutting drills would save money.
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But shareholders of the New York fund balked, and the deal collapsed.
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But the negotiations were for naught after Mr. Trump balked at signing.
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Democrats, who control the House, in particular immediately balked at the proposal.
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Some artists have also balked at the security attached to the festival.
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Most of the government investigators in the room balked at this notion.
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The communities surrounding the promenade balked, and have offered far better solutions.
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But Congress balked at the price and approved only half the money.
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But many nations, including the United States, have balked at increasing spending.
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Mr. Liu balked, worried about violating China's restrictions on foreign currency transactions.
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They may have balked at convention, but they were suckers for love.
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Some conservatives have balked in the past at authorizing money for disaster relief.
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Suppliers had balked when Airbus sought to accelerate the timetable further, he noted.
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And for days, Duterte balked at calls to apologize for his rape comments.
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When Pharrell described her 290 song "Spark the Fire" as feminist, Stefani balked.
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After Azima balked, the fund sued him for $22015 million in October 2753.
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Asked whether he's building his own army in the House, however, Moulton balked.
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The phone company balked, so I contacted a friendly naval officer, Lt. Cmdr.
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The government balked at first, arguing that the documents belonged in the archive.
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Sonnenfeld was initially signed to direct, but balked about 10 months before filming.
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Whitefish Energy spokesman Chris Chiames balked at the suggestion of cronyism or favoritism.
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He was balked to third and scored on Jorge Soler's two-out single.
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Envious Americans snidely referred to Laika as "Muttnik" and balked at the experiment.
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And public servants balked at paying private investors to profit from the handicapped.
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Cuba has balked at allowing U.S. companies to participate in wiring the country.
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Residents of those regions have, unsurprisingly, balked at being treated as Moscow's bin.
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House Republicans balked at finding money to combat the Zika virus for months.
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I didn't balk at the questions, I balked at when they were asked.
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Last year, Iran balked at capping its production until virtually the last moment.
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One actress who balked was sent home the next day, Tither-Kaplan said.
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Asked on Monday if he planned to ask for her support, Sanders balked.
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Consumers, however, balked at the notion, taking to social media to criticize AMC.
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Privacy advocates also balked at the scale of the Bureau's facial recognition program.
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He balked at Hillary Clinton's bathroom break during one of the Democratic debates.
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Democrats, of course, balked at taking any power away from the federal government.
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But Republican senators have, so far, balked at the broad demand for documents.
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Micah Wissinger, a lawyer for Fight for $85033, balked at the proposed deal.
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Some GOP lawmakers, primarily from Southern states, later balked at the amendments' inclusion.
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First responders balked at the proposal, but the anger that bred it persists.
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Local employers balked at hiring them because they held only temporary humanitarian visas.
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Republicans balked, demanding a more detailed accounting of where the money would go.
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Clinton, he balked at the idea that his followers would support Mr. Trump.
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But, city officials said, the nonprofit ultimately balked at the city's steep price.
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She balked at supporting the proposed Obamacare replacement legislation that the president backed.
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Instead, they balked at the claim that there was any wrongdoing at all.
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They told me they were going to pick me and then they balked.
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From the earliest days of the scandal, I balked at that narrow reading.
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That idea was dead by noon on Tuesday as three GOP Senators balked.
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But when the Russians demanded exclusivity, Ahmed and Osama said, their boss balked.
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Some groups had balked at the conclusions, which expressed pessimism about American options.
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But when they sought more, to pay for her education, Hollywood promoters balked.
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Paul LePage (R) balked at implementing it, arguing it would bankrupt the state.
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When public investors balked at the company's $47 billion private valuation, everything changed.
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His government has repeatedly balked at implementing broad economic reforms despite promising them.
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Democrats balked at that, of course, and a 212-day shutdown was on.
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When I responded that he was stereotyping — I am a novelist — he balked.
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But he's a practical type, too, and he balked at the price tag.
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Some international investors, however, balked at the offer, according to the five sources.
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She balked at entering the room, however, and said she wanted to leave.
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Many Democrats who've balked at impeachment in the past are now on board.
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China and India balked at suggestions of more ambitious climate targets next year.
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Others have balked at the prospect of siphoning money away from military projects.
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Investors balked at putting money in anything other than super-safe government bonds.
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The department had balked at the survey on Monday, saying it would not comply.
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Republicans have thus far balked at the idea of a narrow corporate tax deal.
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The ANC has balked at Zimbabwe's ruinous policy of forcibly seizing white-owned farms.
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After all, people reportedly balked at the idea of smartphones without a physical keyboard.
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NRSC officials balked at such demands, which are unusual for party committees to make.
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Asked if those late goals might give Pittsburgh momentum for Game 7, Hainsey balked.
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Worse for Sanders, seven in 10 balked at the idea of a socialist candidate.
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" Khrushchev, however, balked at the proposal, which he suspected was an American "espionage plot.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, at first balked at supporting the full wage demand.
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The Energy Department balked at providing names and a Trump spokesman disavowed the request.
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Each had long accepted Visa and Mastercard, but balked at AmEx's once-higher fees.
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But moderates balked, according to Needham, and that has derailed the negotiations for now.
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I balked at the fees he charged to meet with patients one-on-one.
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Republicans balked at the request, calling it an "astonishing abuse" of the committee's powers.
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But some organizations have balked at handing their data to third parties like Amazon.
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Baby Face said that when she balked, the pimp threw her down a stairway.
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Initially, Rosenfeld balked when the CDC asked him to predict Covid-19's spread.
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And after a given picture's run, individual distributors balked at paying for return shipment.
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Initially, Ziegler balked at a deal, but he agreed to fly to Tulsa, Okla.
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Lee didn't want Perez to wear a lot of makeup, and Perez initially balked.
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Many Americans have balked at President-elect Donald J. Trump's aggressive assertion of exceptionalism.
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Aeder balked because, he said, he received a poor appraisal of the card's condition.
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However, some parents have balked at the idea of state intervention into their parenting.
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And some California lawmakers have balked at efforts to override their state's new law.
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The suits targeted insurers that had balked at paying for treatments for accident victims.
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The Tatmadaw balked, arguing that using the word "Panglong" today could encourage secessionism again.
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Mr. Eng wanted to use newer, more efficient machinery, but the old employees balked.
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The president has repeatedly clashed with the island's leadership and balked at sending funds.
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Saudi officials scaled back their ambitions after overseas investors balked at the proposed valuation.
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State and local officials balked at the move, fearing a federal takeover of elections.
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Whedon was brought onboard after executives balked at Snyder's initial cut of the film.
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Democrats supported the background check measure but balked at including the concealed-carry reciprocity.
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And then, even more mysteriously, Anbang quietly walked away, possibly because Chinese regulators balked.
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But Uber balked at paying fees in all but a handful of those arbitrations.
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Catholic leaders also balked at the suggestion they end mandatory celibacy for priests. 5.
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But Judge Denny Chin of Federal District Court in Manhattan balked at that amount.
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" Initially, Mr. Serkis balked: "I said, no, I want to play a real role.
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But some Republicans have balked at the idea — including the Judiciary ranking member, Rep.
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Chinese companies have not balked, looking for new markets as their domestic economy slows.
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One reason was that studios balked when Mr. Griffin insisted on maintaining creative control.
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Many residents, elected officials and business leaders balked, concerned that energy costs would rise.
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Both police officials and Victorian citizens balked at Mr. Dutton's characterization of the issue.
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Trump had wanted a U.S. military parade in Washington but balked at price estimates.
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It wasn't that long ago that companies balked at the idea of corporate social responsibility.
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Investors balked at the company's sales guidance cuts, some of which were tied to China.
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Back in March, Trump balked at signing the gigantic $1.3 trillion omnibus package before relenting.
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Investors balked at the news, sending the company's shares 220 percent lower in midday trading.
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But their president, under pressure at home, has balked and dismissed it out of hand.
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Uber (and to its credit, Lyft) balked at parts of the permit about data policies.
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But the Trump administration has balked at the idea, leaving them to forge ahead alone.
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Many customers balked (including me) and said, 'No, send me a new lock right now.
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In the end lawmakers balked, fearing it would encourage the country's legions of debt-dodgers.
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Some Canadian exporters made sales to China based on its tougher specifications, but others balked.
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But senior Republicans have balked, fearing the precedent it would set for the reconciliation process.
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When Pakistan balked at withdrawing, India used this as an excuse to avoid a vote.
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Germans and other northerners have balked at the thought of bailing out supposedly feckless southerners.
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Netflix has long balked at the traditional theatrical release windows that movie theater operators expect.
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Trump balked at the deal and boasted about his margin of victory in the election.
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One Chinese company that sought to acquire Boyd outright had balked at the regulatory hurdles.
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But Steinle's family has balked at her case becoming the symbol of Republicans' immigration agenda.
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The shah once balked at the New York Times' comparison of him with Louis XIV.
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He allowed a walk, later balked and gave up an RBI double to Jonathan Schoop.
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But another reviewer, John Gross, also writing in The Times, balked at the book's length.
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He went to second when Castillo balked and raced home on Pina's two-out single.
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The president has balked at stopping the arms deals, saying it would hurt U.S. jobs.
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In fact, some VCs balked at the idea because it impacted their percentage of ownership.
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But the statute has not been consistently enforced, and presidents have balked at its constitutionality.
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The Guardian reported the administration balked in part due to pressure from the oil giant.
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"This place is from, like, 1985," a clerk said as the credit-card machine balked.
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House Republicans, however, balked at the deal, which would not have been fully paid for.
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Some commissioners urged $1 billion in new funding, although others balked at naming a figure.
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I balked at the weight the trainer asked me to pull, push, carry, grab, move.
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They had the No. 1 and No. 3 picks in the draft, but they balked.
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The only regional leader who has balked publicly is Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan.
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During President Barack Obama's second term, the Republican-controlled House balked at reauthorizing the agency.
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As the sides negotiated new contract terms, CorrectHealth balked at the millions in pending fines.
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The Malaysians balked and military prosecutors brought charges against Mr. Hambali alone in June 2017.
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After Republicans and Democrats balked, the department scaled back and submitted a more modest proposal.
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A samurai, balked on his path to enlightenment, contemplates killing his spiritual adviser, or himself.
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Some investors balked at the price tag for the direct-to-consumer men's health brand.
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White House officials said Mr. Mattis had balked at a number of Mr. Trump's requests.
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Diaz balked pinch runner Rajai Davis to second and then plunked Chisenhall in the leg.
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The airlines balked at the idea, because it could potentially slow down the boarding process.
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Foreign businesses showed up in sizable numbers but balked at the conditions that confronted them.
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They also balked at the limited selection of classic blazers and suits in the stores.
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Before #MeToo, Ms. Carmon says, prosecutors would have balked at taking up such a case.
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But many users balked at the hassle of rentals when Amazon makes buying so easy.
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Congress balked, largely because of free speech concerns, and now President Trump has stepped in.
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He bucked, balked, bolted and basically acted like an adolescent being hauled to summer school.
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In the trade talks, China also balked at accepting President Trump's initial demands for concessions.
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Those who balked at Chinese rule could leave for Portugal, or another European Union country.
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" She went on, "When we first raised the issue of independent monitoring, the Emiratis balked.
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Lawmakers balked at the move, and the House overwhelmingly voted to oppose the sanctions relief.
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Amateurs always balked at the barrier of entry to shooting in these kinds of scenarios.
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As the Post notes, some members of the Trump administration balked at this price tag.
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Accent aside, Khachanov balked when Bublik was mentioned in a list of promising young Russians.
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Others who once balked say they are eager to continue a relationship with the company.
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Cornish game hens were the original entree, but guests balked at how bony they were.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has balked at any moves to reduce sentences served by convicts.
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In the third, he balked home a run when he stumbled awkwardly off of the mound.
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Corcoran and O'Leary balked and the co-founders tried to counter both Rodriguez's and Corcoran's offers.
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Insurers have balked, saying a multimillion-dollar price tag is too high for society to bear.
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By 2005, the original publisher of Mr. Matzneff's 1974 apology of pedophilia balked at republishing it.
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But, at the same time, I always kind of balked and said, it means many things.
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He also let Damon and Affleck play the leading roles, something Castle Rock had balked at.
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When asked if he was planning to support someone in the upcoming presidential election, Musk balked.
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Consumers also balked at the projected prices on some of the underlying equipment, J.D. Power said.
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" Trump himself balked at the word in an interview with the Post: "They're calling her what?
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The Freedom Caucus, led by Chairman Mark Meadows, endorsed it; members of the Tuesday Group balked.
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But Mexico has balked and Trump instead has had to turn to Congress for construction funds.
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As we reported ... Kelly signed with the NBC hit, after 'Idol' balked at her salary demands.
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The countries of the East have balked or put restrictions on settling migrants within their borders.
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It balked at adopting popular economic reforms, like a $15 minimum wage and free college tuition.
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If you balked at a $1,000 phone, you're gonna lose your mind at the Fold's pricing.
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Bregman added an RBI double before Brooks balked in a run for an 8-1 lead.
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President Trump has balked at the idea of allowing players to say in the locker room.
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He also balked when asked if the bank would claw back some of Ms. Tolstedt's compensation.
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One of the biggest hurdles has been financing, as investors balked at such an experimental project.
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Nonetheless, most major importers of Iranian crude have balked at Washington's almost unilateral policy towards Iran.
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But fiscal hawks had balked because most of the roughly $300 billion isn't paid for. Rep.
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North Korea has previously balked at U.S. demands for Kim to give up his nuclear weapons.
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The workers balked at the high costs of the parts and a lack of competitive bids.
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When editors at various news organizations balked, White House officials backed down, agreeing to nullify it.
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"Bachelor Nation," as the franchise's fan base is called, has balked at departures from tradition before.
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Even so, some lawmakers balked at the large deficit spending needed to pay for the deal.
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But the allegation that when balked in his advances, he masturbated into whatever receptacle presented itself?
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That Sempra has agreed to terms other bidders balked at should make its shareholders pause though.
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Employees balked, and in November, thousands of them staged walkouts at Google offices around the world.
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Yes, but: Coal-reliant Poland, which balked at the target, is currently exempted from the agreement.
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They didn't like that prospect — and enough Republicans balked at the backlash that Obamacare repeal fizzled.
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Airlines balked after the U.S. said it would implement 10% tariffs on Airbus planes starting Oct.
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A bipartisan infrastructure deal he championed last year fizzled as conservatives balked at the price tag.
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Democrats initially balked at adding the money to the CR if it didn't also cover Flint.
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When WeWork revealed a $900 million loss over six months in its prospectus, investors immediately balked.
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Still, UBS balked at handing over information about Mr. Hsiaw's account with the bank in Singapore.
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When WeWork revealed a $900 million loss over six months in its prospectus, investors immediately balked.
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Gina says she balked at first, but Pierce skillfully shamed her into turning over the money.
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But it all fell apart when progressives balked at entitlement overhauls and Republicans at tax hikes.
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When asked if these kinds of posts had any influence, Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch balked.
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She may balk at accepting your advice, as she balked at accepting your offer of work.
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When they confirmed it was Bosma's truck, he said he balked at giving the location to police.
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Though Gold balked at first, she changed her mind when she was reassured it was all voluntary.
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Hamas balked at handing over weapons, prompting a decision by Abbas to stay out of Gaza altogether.
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It's an expensive, complicated business, but B Capital stepped in to write a check when others balked.
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And she has balked at taking the management of the local water consortium out of private hands.
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But the trainmasters balked—Roomba was much too big, they said, to fit in the sleek compartments.
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Democrats balked, as you might expect, and the two sides had agreed to go back into negotiations.
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Rich clients have taken a closer look at private banks' high fees and murky incentives, and balked.
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Mainstream conservatives have consistently balked at any effort to even acknowledge the problem, much less counter it.
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Belke balked at Pratt's assertion that people flocked to Givling to help others with their student loans.
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Reddit has balked in the past at removing content that may be ethically distasteful but not illegal.
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Intel's aggressive marketing skated right up to the line, but whenever a regulator balked, the firm settled.
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Mexico balked at the prospect of foreign intervention in salaries, but the debate has shifted, Guajardo said.
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The industry balked at the decision, insisting it was rushed through to beat the change in administrations.
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Investors balked at the automaker's guidance, sending Ferrari's U.S. shares down nearly 13 percent in afternoon trading.
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Existing users balked and it hasn't been clear that new users have come to take their place.
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But they usually do so only in exchange for major economic reforms, which Maduro has balked at.
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When lawmakers from both parties balked at his call to finance a border wall, he gave in.
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But in 2002, when the commission awarded the town to Eritrea, Ethiopia balked and demanded further negotiations.
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Islamabad has balked at the financing terms and has pushed for deeply concessional loans for ML-1.
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Before "I Love Lucy," television networks balked at the idea of showing a pregnant woman on TV.
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The cosmetics industry, which manufactures sunscreen, has balked at what it considers the FDA's onerous testing requirements.
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When Mr. Gass balked at going there, the Russian clinic referred him to a clinic in Mexico.
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But another judge balked, and the administration turned to Congress to enact a new surveillance law instead.
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But the school has so far balked at paying the city to remove the restriction, he said.
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Several conservatives balked at supporting the Senate budget out of concern for its impact on the deficit.
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Tuijt balked at the suggestion that the bigger scale and club atmosphere has changed the house's purpose.
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Economists had had low expectations for the speech given Maduro has repeatedly balked at making significant changes.
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Long dependent on Russian money in his businesses, Trump has balked at answering questions from prosecutors himself.
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But since it's not clear for sure why China balked, it's hard to see an immediate solution.
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Even voters in swing states like North Carolina and Florida balked at the prospect of raising taxes.
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Suarez balked in a run and left the game after Bautista followed with a run-scoring single.
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Republicans, however, have balked at the plan and called for a delay in considering the proposed legislation.
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Pundits and Sanders's political opponents balked at that price-tag when he released the plan in August.
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At the time, Square was suggesting a price tag of about $100 million, which companies balked at.
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Lines there were reported to be long, and officials initially balked at counting the ballots cast there.
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When Fincantieri balked, the French government seized control by exercising its right to buy out existing shareholders.
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Some Nigerians balked at being included on a list of "pariah states," such as Myanmar and Eritrea.
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David King, who balked at the plan while offering to look into other uses for the waterway.
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The former Florida governor has repeatedly questioned Trump's conservatism and balked at the billionaire businessman's abrasive manner.
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Wexton balked at that logic, and said: 'I will not be supporting Bernie Sanders in this primary.
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Paper records have surged in states since 2016 but Republicans in Congress have balked at mandating them.
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On the occasion when Toon's pitch excited a particular venture investor, the rest of the firm balked.
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Yet talks collapsed after key shareholders balked at the prospect of a restructuring dramatically cutting their stakes.
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But when the South balked, Mr. Kim said North Korea would rebuild the town on its own.
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When the state balked, the company abruptly sent home 240 construction workers who were preparing the site.
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Trump balked at a bipartisan deal reached on DACA, saying it needed to provide better border security.
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They balked at the request, which would have been a huge benefit to Putin without any concessions.
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Both sides have balked at the concept of compromises like these in the past as a nonstarter.
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But he was stymied by Sarasota County officials, who balked at rezoning the largely pristine pine forest.
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At first, some of the market women balked; they had their wares and their babies to tend.
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Asian funds have balked at buying Treasuries in recent months as higher U.S. rates raise hedging costs.
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CBS balked at the deal earlier this year precisely because Bakish was floated as Moonves' No. 2.
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Other studios had balked at taking on the project because they didn't think it was financially feasible.
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They have balked at giving Trump money for what they say is a wasteful and unnecessary wall.
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Elected officials have balked at attacking him out of concern that they might unintentionally fuel his populist revolt.
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The US, which has prodded Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program to little avail, balked at the demand.
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Even some Republican pundits who were initially enthusiastic about the offer balked when they read the fine print.
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Religious groups balked, and sued on the grounds that the government was infringing on their constitutionally protected rights.
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The DUP balked, suggesting Sinn Fein was asking for too much because it wanted the talks to fail.
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The Germans and their allies balked at providing financial incentives for countries to sign up to such reforms.
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The judge balked and suggested that Nader could just stop paying the guards, allowing him to walk free.
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However, Bayer balked at admitting any wrongdoing in how it sold Essure and stood by its safety record.
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The movie made $264 million worldwide, yet French studio Gaumont still balked at one of Besson's next pitches.
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Blachford also balked at handing over money, which became more of a problem as their relationship went on.
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With a settlement, Russia would accept EU authority in applying competition law - something it has long balked at.
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Gantz has also balked at including ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties - some of Netanyahu's traditional allies - in his administration.
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Processors balked at paying more for cattle given their declining margins and plant closures over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Even Democratic-led states that pondered enacting single-payer on their own balked when the cost became apparent.
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When Apple launched the iPhone X last year, some reviewers balked at its price, which starts at $999.
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When Wilson balked, the editor told him to cross out anything that was untrue, then sign the paper.
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Wild fans initially balked at the N.H.L.-mandated ticket prices, ranging from $22009 to $22012 for both games.
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But Democratic leaders balked arguing they couldn't support money for flooding for Louisiana unless Flint was also addressed.
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But when Encompass sent them the complaint and a service acceptance form, Stone Mansion's lawyers balked at signing.
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But Republicans have balked, citing concerns that the proposals would violate the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
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NO COMPANY WANTS to replicate what happened to Hachette in 2014, when the publisher balked at Amazon's terms.
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The Mexican government has steadfastly refused, causing Trump to demand payment from a Congress that also has balked.
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After that, fans started requesting money, and Underwood balked, telling Twitter that he couldn't afford all the charges.
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Republicans in the House and Senate have balked at the idea of using federal money for the effort.
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When she first balked at entering the brothel, she said she was beaten and tortured with electric shocks.
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But moderates, already squeamish about the estimated 24 million increase in the uninsured under the GOP bill, balked.
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For balked and cornered heroes, punching everyone who disagrees with them at least feels like an immediate answer.
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Meanwhile, utilities balked at building transmission lines to remote areas where wind farms had yet to be built.
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When Breaking Bad brought neo-nazis in as the Big Bad of the final season, many critics balked.
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They initially balked at the idea, as well as at the notion of having guns in the church.
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Trump last week momentarily balked at lowering the flag to half staff at federal facilities to honor McCain.
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Conservatives had balked at the straight extension arguing the program needs to be reformed because it's in debt.
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Mario Run was a perfectly fun game, but many mobile players balked at its high up-front price.
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Although a waterproof Kindle was nice to have, a lot of people balked at the big price jump.
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Conservatives have balked at passing a so-called clean extension of the program because it's currently in debt.
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According to the inquiry, Olympus balked at the dormitory sale at the last minute, judging it too risky.
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Polly Burroughs felt the book was "swiftly paced and amusing," but balked at its limitless imagination about Ralph.
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In case she balked — she herself is a restaurant chef — I also had a ramekin of Castelvetrano olives.
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Mexico and Canada have balked at the U.S. demand for a sunset provision for NAFTA and other issues.
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But Barack Obama balked, fearful of what Putin might do next, and Donald Trump has also dithered. Gen.
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A handful of Republican senators initially balked at the expanded unemployment provisions in the agreement, and then Sen.
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He balked at appointing blacks to any important city government jobs and resisted attempts to integrate public schools.
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But New York REIT investors balked and by the end of the summer, the arrangement had been terminated.
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When a friend suggested she visit an acupuncturist, Hall balked at the idea of such an unscientific approach.
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He wanted to shutter some shrines like those that draw pilgrims to Qom, but hard-line clerics balked.
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He wanted to shutter some shrines like those that draw pilgrims to Qom, but hard-line clerics balked.
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Apple is still hammering out partnerships with those publications, as many have balked at the terms it's demanding.
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Democrats have balked at the idea entirely, questioning how it would benefit low-wage earners and vulnerable populations.
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But that could have been difficult, because potential investors would probably have balked at Dell's enormous debt load.
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Italian banks took a hammering as shareholders balked at the possibility of even lower interest rates in Europe.
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" Even so, she balked at criticizing the President over his repeated attacks on Powell, who he called "loco.
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They might have balked at the specific number the Democrats proposed, but they accepted that taxes were negotiable.
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Yet some readers balked at the postulated annual rate of return — 226 percent — Taylor based his formula on.
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Asked whether McCain's vote on Tuesday in favor of debate on the bill weakened his argument, Christie balked.
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The former governor, Tom Corbett, a Republican, initially balked, and the program did not expand here until 2290.
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Federal officials that were asked to review the documents balked at their contents, warning they required legal vetting.
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During the healthcare reform debate, voters balked at the U.S. government coming anywhere near restraining spending on healthcare.
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When his father introduced him to the underhand shot as a child, Barry initially balked at the idea.
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In the end, Democrats balked, and chose a vaguer charge instead: "abuse of power", plus "obstruction of Congress".
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The board has been standing behind Kengeter but has balked about an extension until his name is cleared.
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Investors balked when Apple got so large as a company that it started to form its own ecosystem.
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She told her staff that if Republicans balked, she was prepared to make a show of storming out.
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Fans balked at the not-so-familiar and, frankly, creepy Sonic the studio had first revealed in trailers.
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When she pushed Ms. Williams to have her agency do something about the dubious practices, the regulator balked.
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Conservative Republicans in the past have balked at debt limit increases as a wedge for advancing deficit-reduction legislation.
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Privacy advocates have long balked at the idea of targeting people for surveillance because of who they're friends with.
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Elizabeth Warren on Twitter and said he was "blindsided" when House Speaker Paul Ryan balked on an early endorsement.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan has repeatedly balked at endorsing him, which could be costing him donors, another source speculated.
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The Houthis have balked at demands that they cede their weapons and territory before a unity government is formed.
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But lawmakers in Congress balked at the idea, and a bipartisan group in Congress has proposed expanding the credits.
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Other opponents of a no-deal Brexit have balked at supporting a plan that would put Corbyn in charge.
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Climate scientists have balked at the idea, saying there's already a forum to debate this science: peer-reviewed journals.
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The move is designed to win support from shareholders who had balked at the price of the original deal.
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Iraqi lawmakers balked, and the two sides couldn't agree on a pact that would allow US troops to remain.
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Brown, 45, says she attempted to make plans to meet up with this person, but the catfisher always balked.
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The state balked at the cost of two more proposals in 2015, costing $3.1 billion and $1 billion, respectively.
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MALDIVES RESORTS SICK OF INSTAGRAM MODELS REQUESTING FREE STAYS Brides-to-be balked at the idea of the ban.
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As a new mother, she balked at the role, which required dining out five to six nights a week.
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The second scored when pitcher Shawn Armstrong balked with Brian Dozier on third, giving Washington a 4-1 lead.
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Instead, it was forced to liquidate last March, after creditors balked at providing a new lifeline to the company.
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Beyond the sponsors of White House-backed proposals, many more Republicans have balked at the legal immigration cuts. Sen.
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When a former Bachelor insisted that Viall "loves being famous...if he wouldn't admit that, he's lying," Viall balked.
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But the United Kingdom and other countries have balked, seeking to strip U.K.-born ISIS members of their citizenship.
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U.S. lawmakers balked at the explanation and have in recent days grown increasingly wary of the crown prince's leadership.
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Air Canada sweetened the deal after several large shareholders, including PenderFund, balked at the initial C$13/share price.
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However, U.S. franchisees have balked at the expensive renovations, leading them to create an independent franchisee group last year.
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Democrats had balked at a spending bill that didn't include federal assistance to help the residents of Flint, Mich.
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Some of the brands that sold in Saks, meantime, balked at seeing their goods on Gilt, sources tell CNBC.
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Even congressional Republicans balked at Mulvaney's proposal, which would have brought back automatic spending cuts known as the sequester.
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The trade commission approved the petition but balked at a full waiver, agreeing to only slightly reduce the duties.
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American retailers have balked at the rules, particularly Walmart, which owns a $16 billion majority stake in retailer Flipkart.
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Mr. Farley offered the club and prosecutors a restitution deal; the organization's leaders and the club's parent group balked.
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But when she and her fiancé were told by the clerk to select "other" on the form, she balked.
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Moderate conservatives balked at proposed changes to some of its most popular provisions that were sought by conservative lawmakers.
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Others balked when they neared the lobby, where Shakopee Police officers and Amazon's in-house security team had gathered.
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But Democrats have balked at this path because House Republicans have not assured them of cooperation on the issue.
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But when Saotome tried to show him a film that recreated the night of the bombing, the pilot balked.
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Pilots balked last year when the company bungled its vacation schedules and threatened to cut into their time off.
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GOP senators initially balked at the proposal but this provision allows them to split the difference with the president.
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But the settlement was not vetted with the governor's office, the ultimate client, which balked at reinstating Ms. Walker.
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However, the C.I.A. program was not fully shut down worldwide, as the agency and its supporters in Congress balked.
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Indiana balked and instead dealt him to Oklahoma City, where George averaged 21.9 points and 5.7 rebounds last season.
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European leaders at the meeting balked, and Ceferin and Infantino have not held a meeting since the Colombia summit.
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Book people, especially, have balked at the idea that they should dispose of any books that don't spark joy.
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When Mr. Heo balked at that, he said, the officer threatened to expose him to the North Koreans himself.
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Several thousand people in quarantine voted, but when election officials balked at counting their ballots, emergency medical technicians volunteered.
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He balked at imposing California's three-strikes sentencing law when the third offense, making imprisonment mandatory, was relatively minor.
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Rumsfeld initially balked, saying that Ford's open-door "spokes of a wheel" management style was a prescription for disorder.
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Supporters had wanted cameras added around 700 schools, but compromised on a lower figure after some Republican lawmakers balked.
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The difficulty of that assignment is why Trump's predecessors balked a breakthrough encounter the President has now agreed to.
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Then the president balked at a planned airstrike in June to retaliate for Iran's downing of an American drone.
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But the LSE's shareholders wanted more, and a greater share of cash, at which point HKEX's shareholders reportedly balked.
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The White House balked at including the money in a sprawling spending bill to finance the government through September.
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He balked and removed the dynamite when he discovered that the explosion would likely kill twenty or more firemen.
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At the same time, some conservative House Republicans have previously balked at Pentagon increases, arguing that they are wasteful.
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Still, some balked at the film rehashing once-unique elements and muddying the plot with too many additional characters.
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Staffers balked at taking responsibility for the bungling of one of the biggest crises to hit the Trump administration.
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Mr. McCarthy agreed to bring Mr. Goodlatte's bill to the floor, but the Freedom Caucus balked at the timing.
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But the executive branch balked, saying the marriage loophole should be revoked only in rape cases involving multiple perpetrators.
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South Carolina lawmakers initially balked at the high price and poor security of new voting machines but eventually capitulated.
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Opposition leaders and civilians inside Aleppo said they believed that Iran had balked at a deal brokered by Russia.
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Rather than buying into a company run by a messianic overlord with an insatiable demand for cash, investors balked.
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Noah balked ("I don't think I'm ready to give up on us yet") and then Cole showed up. Awkward.
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But the Barclays deal went up in smoke on Sunday when UK regulators balked at blessing the risky deal.
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Some have balked at a proposal to require workers to pay taxes on particularly generous employer-provided health benefits.
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But European leaders balked at that approach, enraged at what they viewed as demeaning treatment from a longstanding ally.
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US President Warren G. Harding threatened to send in troops and bombers to disrupt the UMW force, but balked.
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But China sought to soften the legal requirements in the text of the deal, and the United States balked.
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Consumers balked at the thought of sharing their information with the tech giant, but Cramer didn't exactly share their worries.
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After reviewing the file, CIA officers who make clearance decisions balked, two of the people familiar with the matter said.
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Wild horse advocates have balked at the Bureau of Land Management&aposs insistence that wild horse populations are too high.
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Trump also balked when asked whether he'd carry out his campaign pledge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton.
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Obama balked at sending US ground troops to fight there and emphasized need for a political solution to the carnage.
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Yesterday, however, mission planners experienced the first glitch in the mission, when the probe balked during its first touchdown rehearsal.
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But again, the objectors balked, claiming the fundamentals of the peace accord still condone the atrocities committed by the FARC.
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Kennedy thought that Diefenbaker was an unreliable ally in the Cold War because Canada occasionally balked at American nuclear policy.
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The highly anticipated IPO was shelved after investors balked at its valuation and criticized the shared workspace provider's corporate governance.
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Some decided the course was too difficult, or balked after taking more time to consider the terms of the ISA.
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But many publishers balked at Apple's terms when it asked for a 50 percent cut of all subscription revenue earned.
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Naturally, MDS has proven controversial with scooter companies, which have balked over having to share location data with the city.
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Senate Republicans had hoped to confirm as many as seven Cabinet members on Friday, but Democrats balked at the pace.
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" Carell balked at the question, insisting that a reboot isn't "the best idea" and that "we should leave it alone.
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They also approved some sweeping campaign-finance reforms, of the kind that liberals adore—although the legislature balked at that.
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But officials at China's legislature balked at changing the law to allow foreign judges to sit in the new court.
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Stefanowski and Boughton have said they want to eliminate it entirely, while Stemerman and Obsitnik have balked at the idea.
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Many balked at the idea of selling the drug, or due to low profit margins or fear of being robbed.
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Any changes to the bill need to be able to attract conservatives and moderates, who balked at the initial legislation.
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But some balked at the inclusion of mental health reform in a bundle of orders aimed at reducing gun violence.
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" Other Republicans balked at Trump's effusive praise for Kim, who he said has a "great personality" and is "very smart.
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They balked — on the grounds that this mid-tier Leonardo needed to be grounded among her Cinquecento brothers and sisters.
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Mayors have stepped out on other prominent issues recently where the federal government has balked, most notably on climate change.
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However, Cuba to date has balked at allowing U.S. companies to participate in wiring the country, citing national security concerns.
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Conservatives in the House have balked at most any bill that calls for new spending, as some of these would.
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In September, the company pulled its IPO filing after investors balked at its mounting losses and unusual corporate governance structure.
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But House Democrats balked, and without their support, it was dropped from the bipartisan bill and the legislation remains stuck.
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But House Republicans have balked at the Senate's agreement, which would have provided $1.1 billion but didn't offset that cost.
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Many Senate Republicans wanted at least a censure, but balked Friday at Democrats' open-ended call for a special session.
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His reticence fit a pattern in which he has long been solicitous of Putin and has balked at criticizing him.
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Conservative critics, led by DeMint, balked at the main proposed reform, getting rid of the filibuster on motions to proceed.
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Some of the banks have balked, given the privacy concerns involved and the company's poor track record on protecting privacy.
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Liberal groups balked at Sanders's claim when he included Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign under the establishment mantle.
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House conservatives have balked at supporting the legislation, in part because they say the food stamp changes aren't strict enough.
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Some GOP national security hawks have balked at the plan because it does not lift budget caps on defense spending.
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In the end, the American businessman balked over concerns about working with an indicted oligarch, and ultimately declined the offer.
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At that, Mr. Rabois, who has been a top executive at or invested in LinkedIn, Square, Yelp and PayPal, balked.
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Lawrence Phua, 39, who drives for a ride-hailing service, said some of his passengers have balked at paying them.
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And Guillermo Constenla, the head of the largest party in Congress, balked at the idea of raising the gas tax.
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For months, Washington has been warning allies of security risks associated with Huawei, but several countries balked at its assessment.
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When he was accepted to Notre Dame, a football-heavy Catholic university in Indiana, his mother balked at the idea.
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Hong Kong has historically balked at that idea, though, due in large part to grave concerns about China's judicial system.
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The college balked at letting her take math and physics to study astronomy, given her lack of high-school prerequisites.
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One woman balked, so California officials, who use quarantine authority more often, stepped in and forced the passengers to stay.
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Doctors had balked at a Missouri rule to conduct pelvic exams for medication abortion patients, saying it was medically unnecessary.
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But as the military then sought to take custody of additional detainees, the Kurds balked, the two American officials said.
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Then-GOP candidate Dwight Eisenhower balked at meeting with Truman administration officials to discuss transition planning during the 1952 campaign.
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Foreign companies soon began cooperating with Mr. Chávez's government, but Exxon Mobil and another company, ConocoPhillips, balked at the changes.
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Insiders and analysts balked at the $1,000 iPhone X last year, leading some to speculate about a more affordable option.
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Democrats balked, and the Senate hasn't been able to come up with a formula that is agreeable to both parties.
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Even those who get in have balked, as Steve Miller did in 2016, complaining about issues like inductees' licensing agreements.
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Those members balked at conservatives wanting the same repeal of Obamacare regulations that centrists were leery of axing last week.
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When they balked at his demands for a lenient plea deal in the summer of 1988, he turned on them.
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As investors balked, some bankers and Saudi officials still hoped to achieve the crown prince's target price of $2 trillion.
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Bill Cassidy of Louisiana has balked at the idea because he worries that changing the name sets a bad precedent.
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In the 11th hour, however, Gannett's lenders balked at doing a highly leveraged deal while the newspaper business was deteriorating.
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Mr. Lebow balked because of the logistics and the expense, which he estimated at $20,000 (about $85,000 in today's dollars).
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The stock hit a 52-week low that month as investors balked about how much Expedia was spending on growth.
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On Wednesday, Facebook reported an earnings beat, but the stock seesawed as investors balked at the company's core website revamp.
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But Ms. Merkel's government stopped enforcing those rules when other European countries balked at handling the migrants in their countries.
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A committed egalitarian, she balked when suffragists embraced a definition of "women" that included only the educated and the affluent.
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This is based on a longstanding interest; Shirai was nearly signed last year before WWE balked due to medical issues.
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That changed last April, as some LPs balked and the newer partners — plus a pair of younger principals — amassed more influence.
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When my sleep doctor first diagnosed me, I balked because my symptoms didn't conform to the depictions of narcolepsy I'd seen.
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The House GOP bill also balked at an earlier plan to reduce the tax deduction businesses get for providing health care.
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The company has also faced issues connecting with its diners, who have recently balked at some of Starbucks' limited time offerings.
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Democratic lawmakers want Mueller to testify before Congress, something Trump has balked at although Barr has said he would not object.
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They wanted to break the story in a half-hour documentary, and the legal department balked at indemnifying a freelance reporter.
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Some of the immigrants balked at the offer, saying it was too little too late, and that they didn't trust officials.
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That backfired as shoppers balked at higher prices, eroding profits, and the firm had to resort to cuts the following year.
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City officials say fingerprinting adds another layer of security and balked at the multimillion-dollar corporations seemingly writing their rules here.
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But investment banks balked at providing the debt financing required for the bid, estimated at between $7 billion and $8 billion.
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The deal goes through even though Cerberus had to postpone the sale of a $12 billion syndicated loan after investors balked.
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The health department balked at allowing Nitropod to have liquid nitrogen on a food truck, until Rubin brought in a lawyer.
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Lauer said he asked Lochte about skepticism that his story may have been fabricated but the swimmer balked at that suggestion.
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At first glance, it is hard to see why trustbusters would wave through this deal if they have balked at others.
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Ailes, who had built Fox News into a cable news behemoth and an influential piece of the Republican party, initially balked.
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Elkington balked at the idea of an acquisition by Microsoft or anyone else, although the deepening partnership certainly begged the question.
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Cenovus may sell parts of Deep Basin, RBC analysts said, a move that would please investors who balked at the purchase.
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For those who balked at the notion of a $1,000 phone: good news, Apple's got something for the rest of us.
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The brief cites a string of cases in which judges have balked at subpoenas calling for broad disclosure of account information.
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Meyer balked in the first run of the game after flexing his left knee before turning and throwing to first base.
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Last month WeWork, an office-sharing firm, was forced to pull its IPO when public investors balked at the price tag.
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Critics say the Trump administration has balked at aggressively punishing a state-owned Turkish bank for evading American sanctions against Iran.
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But while Northern congressmen embraced efforts to force integration in the South, some balked at efforts to desegregate their own schools.
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When the United States pushed to strengthen UNIFIL's mandate in 2017, France balked and Russia threatened to veto any major changes.
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Sharpton and Trump have ties going back to their New York City circles, but Trump balked at any close past relationship.
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In August, WeWork filed for an initial public offering but abandoned the effort in September as investors balked at high valuations.
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Last year, it balked on an offer by Google to expand Internet across the island through Wi-Fi connections and cellphones.
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But as it became clear that Mr Morales intended to remain president, with almost unchallenged power, perhaps for life, Bolivians balked.
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O'Brien suggested to Khan that he might focus on issues affecting British Muslims when he arrived in Westminster, but Khan balked.
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In August, WeWork filed for an initial public offering but abandoned the effort in September as investors balked at high valuations.
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Fiscal hawks have balked at the $1.07 trillion spending levels in the bill, which are $85033 billion higher than last year.
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The securities industry had balked at the plan saying it would be expensive to implement, unnecessary and potentially confusing to investors.
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Yet no deal could be struck, as the lawmakers balked at a bill that they believed did not go far enough.
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Vows 9 Photos View Slide Show ' When Adrianne Mathiowetz proposed to Janaka Stucky in September 20153, he balked, so she bolted.
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But some GOP members balked, saying a city should not be allowed to dictate when the legislature be called into session.
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Caen claims Interplay had offered to sell the MMO rights, but that Bethesda had balked at the proposed $22011 million price.
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Nunberg had defiantly balked at testifying in the investigation that is also looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
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As a pre-teen he balked at lessons, but grew to love the freedom piano offered him as a budding songwriter.
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Yet for generations, health economists around the world have balked at the idea of a free market revolution taking over medicine.
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Instead, public investors balked at its losses, its corporate governance, and a slew of transactions involving Neumann or his family members.
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He had no memory of her having balked at the kissing scene, and knew that he hadn't written it for her.
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The hospitals balked at using the term "ratios" because it has become contentious since California instituted them by law in 2003.
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Democrats balked at allocating billions of dollars more toward border security without additional supervision into how the money would be spent.
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Some House Republicans balked at attaching the two crucial fiscal measures to the bill and called it a win for Democrats.
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The announcement, which was supposed to happen Wednesday, was canceled after FEMA balked at the more than $1 billion price tag.
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But that joint effort ended in July 2018, as Mr. Trump's aides balked at paying parts of Mr. Cohen's legal bills.
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But governors have only so much influence in Alabama, and the Legislature balked, especially as a scandal left Mr. Bentley weakened.
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Tehran has balked at the sanctions and increased its uranium enrichment as provocation, testing the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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It also helped persuade many voters, who had initially balked at the Republican's character, that the two candidates were comparably flawed.
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Formal investors balked at the idea—of the "more than 100" investors Romanovskaya estimates she approached, none wanted to get involved.
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Elizabeth Traynor, an illustrator in Guntersville, Alabama, had tried virtually every estradiol product and balked at the prices, frequently doing without.
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Military officials and contractors balked at talking about details of the technology involved, much of which is both classified and proprietary.
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But members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans — balked at the amount and instead increased funding to expand technology at the border.
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At the time, prospective investors balked at a controversial corporate governance structure as well as expectations of a sky-high valuation.
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But from the outset, the police union balked, warning of "more drive-by shootings, more drugs" and a spike in crime.
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Republicans balked at Mr. Trump's demand for money for the border wall in negotiations over a spending package enacted last month.
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Mexican prosecutors had previously balked at extraditing him north of the border, but agreed to do so after his latest capture.
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Beijing has also since balked at committing to buy a specific amount of agricultural goods during a certain time frame, however.
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While the vote is expected to pass in the House, in recent days, some moderate Democrats have balked on voting yes.
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But some moderate Democrats balked at those additions, leading Pelosi and Democratic leaders to pursue the slimmer resolution proposed by Slotkin.
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Mastercard, Visa, and Stripe reportedly balked after receiving letters from Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
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And some conservatives have balked at spending money to prop up a health care system they tried to repeal last year.
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But Trump balked at beginning negotiations last year after Democrats raised concerns over striking a deal with controversial President Roberto Duterte.
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Some of the immigrants balked at the offer while others accepted an invitation to speak to city officials about their concerns.
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"Collins balked at the suggestion the military aid would have saved Ukrainian lives and that "this money did not stop that.
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The AER, which has to sign-off on license transfers for any energy asset sales in Alberta, balked at the idea.
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The White House has also balked at suggestions that former President Obama is responsible for the current state of the economy.
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Back story: Defense hawks and members of the House Freedom Caucus balked last night at plans for a short-term bill.
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Eduarda has balked at eating much besides formula, and the government quit providing free formula when she turned 1 year old.
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The university initially balked at releasing the video, saying that Mnuchin "subsequently withdrew" his agreement for it to be posted online.
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But Republicans have balked at more sweeping efforts from House Democrats that would also ban flavored tobacco and online tobacco sales.
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It could be that the Palace balked at the first American accent to grace their grounds since the problematic Wallis Simpson.
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When Mr. Falsey balked, Mr. Brand asked instead if he would want to join him as a partner in the venture.
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Senior executives in New York balked, arguing that Mr. Trump's candidacy made such a loan unacceptably risky, the three people said.
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Sources told Bloomberg that Facebook "balked" at the NFL's advertising model, and wanted its live video to be commercial-free. 6.
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They note the Saudis have balked at a provision in U.S. nuclear cooperation agreements aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Apparently worried about being associated with the divisive President-elect, several members of the dance group balked at being forced to perform.
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Banks funded the company's buyout by private equity firm Apollo Global Management in October 22.8 after investors balked at buying the debt.
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When Republican members of Congress who suspected political motivations push for the release of D&aposSouza&aposs FBI files, the department balked.
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Most of the National Guard commitments among the states that have balked appear to be fairly small — equipment and a few personnel.
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Ayrault called the proposal a "provocation" and said previous American presidents had put forward this option in the past but ultimately balked.
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Because of that, "probably ten years ago, people would have balked at this idea and just said 'this is impossible,'" said Tait.
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Saudi Arabia initially balked at any nuclear agreement, but has come to accept the deal in recent months, at least in public.
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Like Paul, conservatives in the House have balked at the spending increases in the deal, leaving Republicans in need of Democratic support.
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That's a significant change in course from when states balked at the increased role in election security tasked to DHS in 2017.
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Despite its progress, investors balked when Celgene, a big pharma firm, paid it $1 billion in 2015 for a ten-year collaboration.
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I kind of balked when another reviewer referred to this product as 'life-changing' but as it turns out it really is.
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Farrow's version of events suggests another explanation: that even a leading news organization balked at confronting the most powerful man in Hollywood.
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The military gave Manning access to hormone therapy, but balked at letting her grow her hair out or pursue gender-affirming surgery.
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Some elected leaders balked at the idea of reducing penalties for the offense, even as they supported doing so for other infractions.
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Investors initially balked at Nike's fourth-quarter results, which beat by a penny on the bottom line but fell short on revenue.
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The Spanish lender balked at fully compensating Mr Orcel for deferred pay, much of it in shares, accrued at the Swiss bank.
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The US has worked to sell Turkey a Patriot missile system since 2013, but Washington had balked at Turkey's technology transfer demands.
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Dillon says in the docs her lawyers approached Josh's attorneys to see if they'd be agreeable to the dismissal, but they balked.
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When his team insisted he re-certify Iran's compliance with the multi-nation nuclear deal, Trump balked and took the disagreement public.
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But Democrats balked, saying that the measure is insufficient, since it would only go through April 28, when the funding bill expires.
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Republicans have mocked the Green New Deal for its hefty price tag, and even senior Democrats have balked at the proposal. Sen.
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Instagram's founders reportedly balked at Facebook removing references to Instagram when users posted photos from the photo sharing app back to Facebook.
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States and the groups balked at the information requested by the commission such as names, birth dates, political affiliation and voting histories.
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Others have balked at the idea of spending around 10,000 yuan ($773,534) for an official qualification, particularly as uncertainty surrounds future regulations.
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He was preparing his debut feature, "Breathless," and wanted to cast her in a bit role; she balked at its nudity requirement.
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He ordered the trees removed, and, when workmen balked for 24 hours, Mr. Trump had the trees cut down with a chainsaw.
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Why she balked at the garage door or ill-used the onions she did not ask, because the answer was a given.
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When he suggested a campaign featuring the avuncular Mr. Schwartz to counter the impersonality of the typical department store, Mr. Schwartz balked.
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I doubt there's even internal acknowledgement that users have balked at spending more than $1,000 on the too-confusing iPhone X series.
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In 2014, the National Guard asked Congress to pass a law forgiving some of the debt, but Congress balked at the cost.
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The report raised concerns among both SunTrust and PNC's internal committees that financing a newspaper merger was too risky, so they balked.
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Conservatives balked then, but if Congress doesn't stand up for itself now, are they willing to accept a president with no limits?
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When General Mills began shopping for a new creative agency this summer, some ad agencies balked at some of the company's demands.
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The Internal Revenue Service has repeatedly balked at stocks and bonds being discounted just because they were owned in a family partnership.
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Democrats and some Republicans have balked at Trump's suggestions, all but ensuring his blueprint will undergo changes before reaching its final form.
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And, as often happens at start-ups, Vine employees balked when they were asked to move to Twitter's office in New York.
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When Luis and Carlos proposed they meet in Romania, where he could more easily be extradited to the United States, Kassar balked.
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Pompeo said that none of the waivers are going to the European Union, which has balked at the U.S. sanctioning of Tehran.
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Theories abound, but none have panned out: • Was "The Watcher" a disgruntled potential buyer who balked at the $1.3 million price tag?
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Congress has balked at giving Trump the money to build the southern border wall that he famously pledged during his presidential campaign.
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If you'd asked me last month, even last week, I'd have balked at the mere idea of writing an essay like this.
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Anyone who balked at a national identification card or a national firearms registry should certainly be concerned about a national voter roll.
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In September, the beleaguered start-up pulled its IPO filing after investors balked at its mounting losses and unusual corporate governance structure.
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Days later, Mr. O'Leary was forced to announce an additional 2000,213 flight cancellations, after some pilots balked about returning to the air.
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When the European Union began its slow march toward a federal future in the late 1980s, Britain balked at joining the process.
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They also balked at a two-year budget measure they worried would worsen a fiscal picture already badly stained by red ink.
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The owner of the home balked at making such extensive repairs, but Mr. Edel decided to take some of the recommendations himself.
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Other candidates have also balked at promoting attention-getting proposals that would fundamentally remake existing policies, even when they broadly support them.
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Democrats balked at those demands, given that Republicans did not bother to offset the loss of revenue from their boondoggle tax cuts.
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While studying spatial art at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, he balked at questions about his preferred genre.
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During one photo session, she balked when he snapped Polaroid pictures of her and sold each individually without paying her any royalties.
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When she had to have a heart procedure, her insurer, HCC Life, balked, leaving her with roughly $150,000 in unpaid medical bills.
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Public health officials have been pushing airlines for years to gather more traveler data, but airlines have balked, citing cost and time.
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She said the organizations had balked at requests for information about its screening of employees and the name of the actor involved.
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But when the company tried to go public over the summer, public investors balked at valuing the company anywhere near that amount.
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For example, an English teacher at Loudoun balked at the idea of associating reading with punishment, said Deep Sran, the school's founder.
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So when the Europeans said that would require reopening the negotiations, Mr. Trump balked, and decided instead to scrap the entire deal.
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The prisons bureau balked at publishing it at all, and withdrew it from a peer-reviewed journal close to its release date.
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They're a clear attempt by Samsung to change with a smartphone-buying public that has balked at the idea of $1,000+ devices.
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Djokovic said he would read the documents, which have been available for months, and balked at any implication of guilt by association.
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When it came time for her coming-of-age ceremony at age 20, she balked at having to wear a feminine kimono.
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The company long balked at collecting sales taxes, but by 2012 it was collecting taxes in California, Texas, Pennsylvania and other states.
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But House Republicans have balked at the Senate's agreement, which would have provided $6900 billion but didn't offset that cost. http://bit.
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She'd got the hat at a gathering that morning, when Sanders tried to persuade his followers to support Clinton, and they balked.
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They discussed acquiring a former National League most valuable player, outfielder Andrew McCutchen, from the Pittsburgh Pirates but balked at the price.
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Many states have balked at the panel's request for voter data, which includes names, dates of birth, political affiliations and much more.
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He said he had no objection to integrating black studies into college curriculums but balked at establishing separate departments in that field.
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Even the Obama administration, while doing much more to fight inequality than many realize, balked at making inequality reduction an explicit goal.
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When they called Mr. Dickson to tell him of Boeing's plans, he balked at the suggestion and eventually the company backed down.
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The former Budget Committee chairman refused to muscle a budget through the chamber this year after conservatives balked at higher spending levels.
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Four years later, I'm still grateful that Dave pushed me to realize my potential even when I balked at his initial offer.
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Democrats balked at this offer on Sunday, then accepted it a day layer, and have since seemingly decoupled Dreamer and funding negotiations .
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Callahan said Ailes abruptly ended the interview after she balked at his demands to sleep with him if she wanted the job.
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The New Old Age Last year, when an oncologist advised that Betty Chin might benefit from palliative care, her son Kevin balked. Mrs.
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Some Sanders allies balked at calling the race this way, but Clinton proceeded to win California by 7 points, making their argument moot.
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And some transit experts balked at the $325 million price tag, noting the ferries carry less people and require more subsidies than subways.
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Cook's opinions appear to align with those of many organizations and prominent figures who've balked at the notion of a corporate-controlled currency.
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Puzder was forced to withdraw his nomination after some Senate Republicans balked at accusations of abuse directed at him by his ex-wife.
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Some potential coalition allies have publicly balked at such legislation, including at least one cabinet minister - and potential successor - in Netanyahu's own party.
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Major chains balked at showing the Netflix-produced movie because of the short time before it would become available on the streaming service.
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In my experience, advertisers love a good mid-roll ad, though I've always balked at breaking up the flow of things mid-conversation.
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European Union leaders balked at attempts by the State Department to strong-arm European companies into cutting ties with Iran 20 years ago.
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Company-wide Slack messages seen by TechCrunch show that it was discarded after the management team balked at the risk behind the move.
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The host agent balked at his claims and instead told Seldon that "people like [him] were simply victimizing [himself]," according to court documents.
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Until now, European allies have balked at providing troops unless they received a firm commitment that Washington was still committed to the region.
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But lawmakers from both parties have balked at moving Guantanamo detainees into the U.S., making congressional action on the White House plan unlikely.
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But the seeds of doubt were planted, consumers balked, and companies started removing them, thus reinforcing the belief that parabens must be bad.
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She balked at the price, about 84 cents, telling me in no uncertain terms that I had just been taken for a ride.
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A Times article in 1966 noted that Ali balked at accepting an award because it was inscribed to Cassius Clay, not Muhammad Ali.
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Kengeter's contract expires at the end of March, and the board has balked at extending it until his name is in the clear.
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But some Republicans, primarily from Southern states, balked at the amendment upon learning about it the next day after it had already passed.
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Initially, a local Jewish group balked at endorsing Wallace over concerns stemming from the report, but the group eventually backed him last week.
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But the Legislature balked, saying it would force Wyoming to shoulder a huge government expansion with an unknown price tag down the line.
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After the Trump administration balked on plans to put the abolitionist on the $20 bill, Dano Wall took matters into his own hands.
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However the hedge fund balked, saying that newly appointed board members did not have the grocery store experience to spark a successful turnaround.
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Generic Pharmaceutical Association President Chip Davis balked at the legislation, saying it should account for the differences between brand name and generic drugmakers.
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Muscle memory balked at this, and was swiftly overruled—steering could only interfere, at this point, with the path we were already on.
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U.S. lawmakers balked at the explanation, saying it is not credible, given the changing accounts from the Saudis about what happened to Khashoggi.
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He gave up two hits, hit a batter and balked when he slipped on the mound, but he still tossed two scoreless innings.
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Democrats have balked at supporting the GOP deal because of how it's paid for and a provision that blocks funding for Planned Parenthood.
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Like most artists, the division chief had a fragile ego, and shortly after my father balked at the project's expense he was fired.
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And the United States balked at language that would have committed all countries to not detaining undocumented children who arrive at their borders.
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And the United States balked at language that would have committed all countries to not detain undocumented children who arrive at their borders.
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But the trip was scrubbed after Trump balked at the cost of the new building, which came in north of a billion dollars.
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The money is flowing more easily this time than in 2012, when some wealthy liberals still balked at the rise of super PACs.
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The game wound up being rained out, but would-be World Series viewers balked at the idea of checking out Ball Four, instead.
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When reminded that the election was in November and that voters were looking for him to offer an answer, Mr. Murphy again balked.
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When it came time to negotiate a settlement, some of the state attorneys general balked and tried to hold out for tougher penalties.
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Netflix adopted his coming mob drama "The Irishman," starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, after Paramount balked at its cost.
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But industry consistently balked at those regulations, calling them an overreach, duplicative and unnecessary, unleashing a backlash that has informed Mr. Trump's approach.
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In an interview earlier on Thursday, Mr. Farenthold balked at the idea of resigning, saying that the news media had treated him unfairly.
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When Kwame Onwuachi announced that dinner at Shaw Bijou, his multimillion-dollar dream restaurant in Washington, would cost $185 a person, critics balked.
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She said she has balked against authority in Rikers and has been disciplined 30 times, including a few weeks in solitary over Christmas.
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The city balked, and the monument's designer settled on a family of four in church clothes, with chains lying at the family's feet.
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Carmakers have balked at the prospect, calling for the Trump administration and California to come to terms to avoid a messy legal battle.
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When asked whether her character on the Nickelodeon show True Jackson, VP was a better VP than Vice President Dick Cheney, she balked.
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But Democrats balked at offering aid for the oil sector, which they see as responsible for another crisis — that of rising global temperatures.
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How many people are serving as informants is impossible to know: The only people who talk about recruitment pitches are those who balked.
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Giovanny Gallegos replaced him and balked in the Orioles' third run, forcing Girardi to get his closer, Aroldis Chapman, up in the bullpen.
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When he told me this was definitely Arsenal, though, I balked — everyone I know who roots for a soccer team roots for Arsenal.
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A few states have considered ranked-choice voting but balked in part because of the cost and difficulties of putting it in place.
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The accord has already been extended once at OPEC's last meeting in May, but producers have so far balked at a larger cut.
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LinkedIn shares dropped 44 percent on Friday, wiping out nearly $11 billion of market value, as investors balked at a disappointing revenue forecast.
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Public health experts, however, quickly balked at Trump's praise and immediately recalled Pence's widely admonished handling of his state's HIV outbreak in 2016.
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Some in the White House have balked at Anthony Scaramucci, the New York financier who is disliked by some of the president's aides.
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Kaepernick's representatives said he wanted the session to be open to the media and the NFL balked, forcing him to change the location.
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States were previously vying for the Sacklers to give up $4.5 billion in the company's settlement deal, a proposition the family balked at.
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Mr. Yeltsin, increasingly infirm, erratic and under siege politically, initially balked at the deal, which effectively acknowledged Russia's defeat, but ultimately endorsed it.
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So when Abrams was once again approached, amid a last-minute creative shake-up, about taking on "The Rise of Skywalker," he balked.
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Police Scotland will not foot the bill for the visit after ministers balked at the cost, prompting the Home Office to step in.
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There was talk of ordering sushi, since the two would be tasting nine wines over the next few hours, but Mr. Amell balked.
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Sure, some moderate Democrats may have balked at voting on the floor for a Mueller-focused article, possibly even sending it to defeat.
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Judge Haight balked at a provision that would have allowed the city to do away with the civilian representative position after five years.
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Many lawmakers, however, have balked at extending special protections for LGBTQ people while arguing there's no evidence that hate-crime laws deter violence.
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Representatives for Kaepernick said their client had asked for the session to be open to the media, and that the NFL had balked.
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The seller was slow returning the contract, and despite Mr. Hersey's mortgage preapproval, the lender balked at his inconsistent income as an actor.
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Democrats had initially balked at backing a spending bill without protections for young "Dreamers," who were brought illegally to the country as children.
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Sater balked at being called an FBI informant in his interview with ABC and described himself as a "confidential source" for the agency.
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Republicans have long balked at the idea, and now they have to either break with their leader or convince themselves to support it.
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But the Republican-controlled state senate balked and offered a 4 percent raise, with an eye toward saving $17 million in the state's budget.
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But there's been no real outcry against it, not even from folks who balked at coverage-dropping attacks on the ACA earlier this year.
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Others balked at May's withdrawal agreement with the EU which was seen as a "softer" Brexit that maintained a closer relationship with the bloc.
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That did not happen, chiefly because some European authorities balked at the prospect of yet higher capital demands for the banks in their charge.
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After Dodgers reliever Josh Fields balked in a run in the ninth, Rodney came on for the Diamondbacks to protect a 4-1 lead.
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The move could help him win leniency in his criminal case, in which prosecutors have balked at allowing him to become a cooperating witness.
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The new variety may satisfy seder guests who balked in the past at traditional dishes like beef brisket, gefilte fish and matzo ball soup.
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Most countries maintain embassies in Tel Aviv and have balked at moving them until the international legal status of the city has been resolved.
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Dallas, with three picks in the top ten, engaged in talks, but balked at the San Antonio's asking price of all three for Plum.
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WALLACE: And what do you say to some Republican senators who balked at this idea this week and said they need trade, not aid?
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But Paul and Lee, who represent Kentucky and Utah, respectively, have balked at the bill's high price tag and want to offset the cost.
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Later on, another Trump voter who had been open to Sanders balked at his plan for free health care: HAYES: When you hear Sen.
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Minority shareholders, led by fellow steelmaker Cia Siderúrgica Nacional SA, have balked at the split proposal, saying it would hurt Usiminas's ability to compete.
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Over the summer, the Steelers reportedly offered Bell a five-year, $133 million contract, but Bell supposedly balked because only $17 million was guaranteed.
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When the bill was reintroduced, Senate Republicans balked at the idea of a permanent compensation fund with an initial price tag of $29 billion.
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Republicans have argued that cutting funding for these entities is necessary to reduce the debt, though they have sometimes balked at seeing them through.
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And many balked at the brief span of time between WADA's report and the Olympics opening ceremony on August 5th — a brief two weeks.
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Ford's Amazonian experiment crumbled into ruins as employees balked at some of his rules, which included serving only American food and compulsory square-dancing.
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But that plan has since been dropped after the Republican Party balked at the idea of adding a tax to a tax cut bill.
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To this day, he is still not quite clear about why he balked, though he had recently broken up with a partner, he said.
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Following the Tempe accident, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto balked at allowing Uber to resume autonomous driving before a full federal investigation of the crash.
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During discussions, the nominee balked at recusal, but eased his stance on presidential immunity from prosecution while in office, according to senators (The Hill).
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He became embroiled in disputes with Congress, and balked at using federal funds to solve problems he felt should be left to the states.
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While Haas did not specifically address the topic in the conference call, in the past he has balked at the notion of equal pay.
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The board balked, claiming that higher wages would increase construction costs by up to 30 percent, resulting in fewer subsidized units, or bigger subsidies.
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Some of Sonangol's regular customers balked at the mark-ups, prompting the company to offer the crude to other buyers instead as spot cargoes.
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It's unclear which proposal will earn more GOP support, but Democrats have already balked at the prospect of a legislative compromise on immigration reform.
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Hess walked Benintendi with the bases loaded, and Miguel Castro balked with the bases loaded to give the Red Sox a 5-2 lead.
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Farmers across the state balked at this idea, particularly those in the sugar industry, one of the more powerful agricultural lobbies in the state.
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In response to an April 2018 House of Commons report that recommended the federal government come up with a national connectivity strategy, ISED balked.
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Many free-market Republicans, who have balked at the central bank for its large footprint in the past, are sounding a different note now.
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Mr. Mattis had balked at Mr. Bolton's request for military options against Iran after the rockets landed on the American Embassy grounds in Baghdad.
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It was opposed by the natural gas industry, which balked at losing the stable, long-term fuel contracts that the state's public buses provided.
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But some potential passengers have balked at the service's baggage limits, as well as ticket prices that offer little or no discount to flying.
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Note: This was originally going to be a more generous benefit for workers, but Republicans in the Senate balked at the effect on businesses.
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Outside of the state's liberal strongholds, conservative anti-vaxxers have championed their beliefs as medical choice and balked against vaccine mandates as government overreach.
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In most cases, suspicious targets balked after checking in with the Defense Ministry, which first alerted investigators in July 2015 that something was afoot.
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The Obama administration supported creating a consumer protection agency as part of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms but balked at having Warren run it.
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But the Houston Astros balked at signing him when his physical set off alarm bells, and nine months later he had Tommy John surgery.
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Conservative lawmakers have balked at the handling of Medicaid in the legislation, and it is thought that changing it could bring more skeptics onboard.
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Any indictments could open the door to several Democrats who have eyed the 2017 mayor's race and so far balked at jumping into it.
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He bemoaned its structure and the way it had changed; he balked at its limits and took joy in causing offense and flouting rules.
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Mr. Johnson's agent, Margret McBride, said that Larry Hughes, then president of Morrow, balked at Mr. Johnson's plan to charge $15 for the book.
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But even as allies were quietly being informed, Mr. Trump balked when he heard the plan at his morning security briefing, the official said.
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One of PhRMA's top demands for the 12-country Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations was that the monopoly be extended internationally, but other countries balked.
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A few states have considered ranked-choice voting but balked in part because of the cost and the difficulties of putting it in place.
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Some investors balked at Lichtenstein's plan to convert the fund into a publicly traded vehicle instead of selling assets and returning cash to investors.
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Newell said that Wausau had a buyer lined up to acquire the Brokaw mill, but they balked after Starboard started publicly criticizing the company.
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Activists, politicians and others balked at the $1.525 billion in incentives New York offered Amazon to put the headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
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But Democrats balked, saying the court doesn't have the power to bind the tax committee because lawmakers' legislative activities are protected by the Constitution.
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Pence was reportedly prepared to meet the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but North Korean officials balked at the last minute.
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One of the school's English teachers balked at the idea of using literature as punishment, inspiring the inclusion of Ms. Neal's interview, he said.
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But at a crowded public meeting, the council balked at certain requirements, including pay levels for police officers and staffing levels at the jail.
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Voters balked, for example, at criticism of divorced candidates and did not seem interested in the dating lives of candidates, whether men or women.
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Some strategists who've balked at the steep equity prices now recommend a choosier stock-picking strategy — one that prioritizes low debt and consistent income.
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In the Boston suburbs, the Bay Area, Brooklyn and Washington, people who already live there have balked at new housing for people who don't.
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But he said some Democrats have balked at sending money because they fear it would go to Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Ryan and other top Republicans had balked at making such a move, fearing it would derail the bill under the Senate's arcane procedural rules.
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But Mexico balked at being singled out in the trilateral pact, and was concerned the annex would tie the hands of its telecommunications regulator.
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When the owners balked, minor league umpires worked the first game of the inaugural NLCS, with minor league and retired umpires handling the ALCS.
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A Republican governor has balked at sending National Guard troops to the US border in the wake of the Trump administration's "inhumane treatment" of children.
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The new Socialist government in Spain agreed to take them in, acknowledging Europe had abandoned Italy, after the tiny island nation of Malta also balked.
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He has, in the past particularly, balked at lectures on alliance solidarity from Germany's Merkel -- perhaps his least favorite leader of a major European power.
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Others, including Coca-Cola, American Express, and Nasdaq, also balked at Palantir's price tag, BuzzFeed News reported last year, or raised doubts about its usefulness.
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For now, Valentino is sticking with his plan to sell but he balked at his estate agent's advice to drop the price a second time.
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But when asked which problem is more urgent—the flooding or the droughts, which now disturbingly come hand-in-hand—Shrestha balked at the question.
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"It took me like 6 balked tries and some real soul-searching about the way I interact with TV before clicking the link," wrote ughsicles.
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Again, even though we had established a need and decided what was financially viable, I balked when we looked at the apartment we eventually rented.
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks cited all three incidents in explaining why the school balked at Coulter's original plans to speak on campus on Thursday.
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But the director, Max Hollein, who now runs the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, balked at the asking price of €1m ($1.04m) per venue.
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The judges ordered the General Assembly to redraw the lines, but when lawmakers balked, the judges hired an expert to help them do it themselves.
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She balked at the price, explaining that there are far more affordable alternatives available and questioning how quickly kids would grow bored of the device.
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On October 5th Unilever's board scrapped its plans to quit Britain in favour of the Netherlands after its own shareholders had balked at the move.
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Nick Kennicott lives in rural Georgia, so when Gordon Ramsay asked him to go buy truffles and sea urchin to make an omelette, he balked.
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Since W.H.O.'s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited Beijing in January, the organization had tried to send a team, but the Chinese government balked.
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But while the SDF has developed close ties with the United States, Washington has balked at extending political recognition to the authorities seeking autonomous rule.
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Dave Brat of Virginia said he was running against the "liberal mob" at a town hall event in May 2017 — a characterization Democrats balked at.
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Even Matteo Salvini, leader of the nationalist Northern League, which is yoked to the M5S in Italy's two-party coalition, balked at the comedian's appointment.
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Some lawmakers balked at the idea of a politician running a science agency, while many have criticized his comments on climate change and LGBT rights.
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All Democrats and some Republicans balked at the bill due to a provision to bolster work requirements for able-bodied persons to receive food aid.
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The North balked at the request, only to walk away from the bargaining table, driving tensions on the Korean Peninsula back to the boiling point.
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Costa Rica gave them transit visas and sent them on their way, but Nicaragua — a longstanding ally of Cuba — balked, refusing to let them pass.
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Mexico's Cinepolis, AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas have all balked at screening "Roma" because Netflix didn't honor the traditional first-run 90-day cinema window.
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Its representatives balked when I told them that Jacob Alexander claims there hasn't been a genuine study into typing efficiency and ergonomics since the 1960s.
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At the time investors wanted a yield of least 10%, given where Ghana's outstanding bonds were trading, but the sovereign balked at paying that level.
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When he misbehaved, his grandmother balked at hitting him—even though she beat the living daylights out of his dark-skinned cousins for lesser infractions.
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Trump's administration, however, has balked at the notion that the decrease in revenue from cutting corporate taxes is the root cause of the growing debt.
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He was balked in from third, and Rays manager Kevin Cash was ejected arguing the balk call, which cut the Rays' lead to 4-1.
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Listeners with antiquated, racially-tinged notions of "pure country" balked at the song, a backlash that had a Streisand effect — to Lil Nas X's benefit.
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However, the judge balked at Azman's suggestion that Textainer could force cargo owners to pay to return Hanjin's containers to Asia to get their goods.
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In addition, Mexican negotiators balked at the form of the U.S. proposal, which was structured as a telecom annex that would apply only to Mexico.
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The members balked at the idea, and, in Don't Break Down, which was filmed largely in 2006 and 19953, it still seemed like an impossibility.
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Packers balked at paying more for hogs as supplies begin to build seasonally due to warmer spring weather that allows pigs to gain weight faster.
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The securities industry has balked at the plan in letters to the regulators, describing it as expensive to implement, unnecessary and potentially confusing to investors.
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The mortgage insurers balked, since they would be on the hook for the risk, so last month Fannie Mae "recalibrated" its risk assessment criteria again.
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Earlier, in September, WeWork withdrew an initial public offering after investors balked at buying shares in a company with huge losses and weak corporate governance.
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The president's legal bid was dismissed in mid-October by a U.S. District Court judge, who balked at the "extraordinary claim" of immunity being argued.
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Democrats have balked at changes to the Flores settlement, which limits the amount of time a minor can be held in custody to 85033 days.
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When Denver's general manager, John Elway, balked at Osweiler's salary demands, the quarterback bolted to the Houston Texans 48 hours after Manning announced his retirement.
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Conservatives have balked at the agreement for falling far below the $5.7 billion requested by the administration to build a wall along the southern border.
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Trump had previously balked at publicly declaring whether he'd back moving the U.S. Embassy when he spoke at a Republican Jewish Coalition event last year.
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But conservatives and fiscal hawks balked at the lack of cuts to help pay for the spending and the high price tag on nondefense spending.
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Funding the GCF is a major Obama administration priority, but Republicans have balked at the $3 billion Obama has pledged for the fund by 2020.
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Urena, who balked in a run in the second inning, allowed the A's to load the bases on two singles and a hit by pitch.
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When Trump appeared to wrap up the nomination earlier this year, Ryan balked at endorsing Trump in a high-profile CNN interview with Jake Tapper.
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Despite their higher margins, packers balked at paying more for cattle until wholesale beef prices show signs of bottoming out seasonally, said traders and analysts.
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Many investors, mostly local investment firms, have balked at Gafisa's targeted value for Tenda of at least 1.2 billion reais ($359 million), the people added.
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When I spoke with Fine and Lieberman over the phone, they balked at generalizing too much about designing products for women, or what women want.
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Creditors had balked at Garcia Padilla's 2016 moratorium, which allowed the government to default on debt and redirect bondholders' collateral to pay for government services.
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The case began when Microsoft balked at handing over a criminal suspect's emails stored in Microsoft computer servers in Dublin in a drug trafficking case.
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While the European signatories to the nuclear deal have so far balked at U.S. pressure, they have grown increasingly impatient over Iran's ballistic missile program.
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"I think there was and still is, probably, something in me that balked against the dark 'seriousness' of everything to do with acting," he wrote.
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Still, tech giants and privacy hawks balked at the idea, arguing it put great pressure on travelers to share their information and threatened free expression.
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Mike Sinnett, a Boeing vice president, acknowledged to the pilots that the manufacturer was assessing potential design flaws but balked at grounding the 737 Max.
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Mike Sinnett, a Boeing vice president, acknowledged to the pilots that the manufacturer was assessing potential design flaws but balked at grounding the 215 Max.
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American allies in Europe initially balked at requests from the United States to send mine-clearing vessels, viewing such a move as escalatory and dangerous.
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Some had moral objections to birth control, or balked at the idea that they should have to "pay for" a woman's choice to have sex.
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In April, France and Belgium balked at joining the talks because the Trump administration refused, in 2017, to sign a global pact on climate change.
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Capitol Hill Republicans have balked at certain provisions of the Democrats' initial legislation, including the effect of the expanded paid leave benefits on small businesses.
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Conservatives in the U.S., including Trump, have traditionally balked at efforts to sweep up "extremist" content, claiming it often results in disproportionate right-wing censorship.
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Sometimes, the lawsuit said, officials asked judges that people be jailed as material witnesses after they balked at the demands for private meetings with prosecutors.
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My sophisticated 21987-year old balked at having to see a "kid's movie," and the 21960-year-old was just happy to be with dad.
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At least until recently, Germans, Dutch and others have balked at providing debt relief to countries, like Italy, that they regard as spendthrift and undisciplined.
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China has balked at making any concessions it sees as compromising its ability to manage its economy, or signing a deal it perceives as uneven.
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Lawmakers balked at providing the administration the $3.6 billion it was seeking in the 2017 and 2018 budgets for just over 100 miles of wall.
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At first Horton balked, but as his cognitive difficulties intensified, he relented and even insisted that the findings of his brain examination be made public.
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But he balked when Democrats proposed further articles citing allegations concerning Mr. Nixon's tax returns and his covert bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
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Tokyo has balked at direct provocation of its neighbor, choosing instead to assist nations in the region with disputes with China, such as the Philippines.
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Enthused, we decided to try for two museums in a row but balked when we saw the long lines at the nearby Van Gogh Museum.
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Consumer groups have balked, saying the practice puts competing video providers at a disadvantage because their videos do count against those customers' monthly data limits.
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Ultimately, the plan went nowhere because Republicans refused to consider tax increases and progressive Democrats balked, led partly by Sanders, at the Social Security plans.
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So in a strategic sense I am content to have Trump's desire for détente balked by leaks, probes and the resistance of his military advisers.
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BlackRock balked at the size of the payment and cited investor concerns about Harrisons health, according to a June 2017 BlackRock report on proxy voting.
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When some congressional Republicans balked at supporting health care legislation the president supported, he deployed Mr. Mulvaney to threaten several of them with primary opponents.
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This is a question Dr. Michael D. Bailey — who's been studying the history of magic for years — balked at, before asking a follow up question.
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Several lawmakers balked at the move, worrying it signaled a downgrade to the department's efforts to engage with other nations on cyber policy and norms.
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Talks collapsed after key shareholders balked at the prospect that an accord with creditors would dramatically cut their stakes, sources told Reuters at the time.
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Some Republican senators have balked at providing a tax cut for the wealthy without bringing down premiums and are looking for ways to address it.
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President Trump has promised $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, but he has provided few details and Republican leaders in Congress have balked at the cost.
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House conservatives balked over the plan, forcing Ryan and his leadership team to rely on Democrats to help get the legislation over the finish line.
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Andrew M. Cuomo and Republican state legislators balked at that idea, which had been a central plank of Mr. de Blasio's campaign and inaugural address.
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While the European signatories to the nuclear deal have so far balked at U.S. pressure, they have grown increasingly impatient over Iran's ballistic missile programme.
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" He balked at the idea of allowing Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian into the U.S., explaining that it risked bringing in "some very bad people.
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The International Olympic Committee has balked at helping organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games pay a debt estimated at $35 million to $40 million.
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Saudi Arabia is leading OPEC in seeking a deal now to deepen those cuts to stem oil's sharp decline, but so far Russia has balked.
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The House went on to adopt the commission's recommended ethics reforms but balked on making any further changes in how the House should be run.
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Because consumers in Britain would traditionally have balked at eating shark, terms like rock salmon have been used to make the fish sound more palatable.
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The White House has also balked at having a former security official named Carl Kline testify about the procedures for handing out dubious security clearances.
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The lower courts balked at this argument, telling Mr Herrera that the treaty was invalid under Ward v Race Horse, a Supreme Court ruling from 1896.
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Investors balked at Macron's first round of tax and minimum wage concessions, which cost the Treasury 10 billion euros and undermined his credentials as a reformer.
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But Yahoo execs balked, according to the Times, as it would prevent the company from analyzing users' emails to create business opportunities, such as targeted advertising.
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Major automakers have balked at draft plans to prevent auto mileage standards from getting tougher, while oil giants don't like plans to abandon regulation of methane.
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As Alexia Underwood reported for Vox in July 2018: But in 2002, when the commission awarded the town to Eritrea, Ethiopia balked and demanded further negotiations.
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Ty Burrell—fresh off the busted pilot Fourplay—was the first person that creators Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd brought to ABC, but the network balked.
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Covey balked in a run with the bases loaded, and Mark Trumbo made it 03-0 with an infield single followed by a Mancini RBI double.
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During the presidency of Bill Clinton, Congress enacted a requirement that employers provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave but balked at the idea of paid leave.
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Johnson and his aides balked, moreover, at disclosing his authorization of government surveillance on a political foe — which might have caused an uproar on its own.
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Democrats initially balked at the request for a number of reasons, including that it would reopen a debate about budget caps halfway into the fiscal year.
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Freedom Caucus members balked at changes to the health-care plan last month, and effectively kept the bill to replace Obamacare from coming to a vote.
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Major theater chains refuse to show Netflix films, and some top directors have balked at making films that will be seen primarily on the small screen.
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Republicans balked at the price tag, and the Senate agreed instead on a bipartisan bill providing $1.1 billion, much of it from existing funds targeting Ebola.
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He said he offered to settle the matter for $26,000 but the Trump team balked — not surprising since Trump has repeatedly boasted that he never settles.
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Some movie buffs have balked that it's a rip-off of 2014's The Book of Life, which also had a Día de los Muertos theme.
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But when state lawmakers balked at approving a sales tax rebate, Mr. da Silva turned to the EB-5 program, something Orlando's mayor, Buddy Dyer, cheered.
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Firms have also turned it down because their other clients have balked at the notion of being associated with the President, his family or his company.
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No, these folks are socialists, unafraid to affiliate themselves with ideologies and beliefs that just about any Democrat elected since Ronald Reagan would have balked at.
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The American conservative establishment initially balked at Donald Trump, too, before creeping to his defense — jettisoning, along the way, every moral precept held within their movement.
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The city's major developers, represented by the Real Estate Board of New York, have balked at Mr. Cuomo's insistence that 421a projects pay union labor rates.
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" Weaver said both campaigns in January agreed to hold a debate in May in California, adding that the Clinton campaign has "balked at keeping that pledge.
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Democrats balked over the legislation, noting they did not sign off on the proposal from Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellAre Democrats turning Trump-like?
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Centrist Republicans from the Tuesday Group balked at proposed changes to ObamaCare's required minimum insurance benefits that were negotiated between Trump and the conservative Freedom Caucus.
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Some smaller creditors have balked at the offer, as bigger lenders are seen receiving the most valuable chip unit shares as collateral, the sources have said.
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" Weaver said both campaigns in January agreed to hold a debate in May in California, adding that the Clinton campaign has "balked at keeping that pledge.
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It's all about priorities: I recently asked my college-age cousin to join me on a recent trip to Florida and she balked at the cost.
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Having balked at making compromises before 2334, what Palestinian leader will now drop demands for all territory to which the U.N. says Israelis have no claim?
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However, when it came to discussing racism, in the form of the assassination of King, we balked, hesitated and even concealed this part of the story.
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They have said a peace deal would allow both communities to benefit from any offshore resources, but have balked at including the issue in settlement talks.
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And the physicist James Maxwell balked at his own theory involving electric and magnetic fields, because in his day the beauty standard involved gears and bolts.
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The bill would remove suspected non-citizens from the voter rolls and jail county election officials who balked at carrying out this voting-while-brown law.
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Some conservatives have balked at the suggestion that it would be fundamentally conservative or textualist to see the law as covering sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Mr. Yarmuth and his allies faced additional pressure from the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, which balked at the decision to pass on a budget blueprint.
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It had been prepared to pay $83 million for Sánchez last summer, plus his salary demands, but balked at the idea of spending $34 million now.
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Lieberman, who was due to meet Rivlin later on Sunday, has balked at supporting a government backed by Arab legislators, accusing them of disloyalty to Israel.
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Republicans, for instance, have balked at the Democrats' paid leave proposal, fearing it creates a permanent entitlement benefit, in lieu of simply addressing the current coronavirus.
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Some junior investors and managers have balked at the requirement and sought out other Triple A buyers that do not require the provision, the sources said.
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There was the participant who balked at the center's obligatory one-hour-a-day of light work and expected her meals to be served to her.
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But that share sale was scrapped after Wall Street investors balked at the company's huge losses and unusual corporate structure, which gave Mr. Neuman outsize power.
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But even during World War II, a moment of supposed unity and resolve to beat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, American men balked at the draft.
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The tweet said 220 families were buried in the Aranayake landslide, while government officials balked at confirming a missing figure even 72 hours after the disaster.
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American officials have balked as their Israeli counterparts insisted on more generous terms for a new 10-year military aid package that could top $40 billion.
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Some House conservatives, however, balked at the price tag and dug in with their demands for at least some spending cuts to help offset the costs.
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Bolton balked at addressing the House impeachment investigation last year but recently changed his tune and said he'll testify if the Senate hands him a subpoena.
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They balked at sending him there, but neither ponying up for private school nor moving to the suburbs seemed a viable, or at least desirable, option.
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Just recently, investors balked at WeWork's lofty price tag and questionable practices, forcing the company to abandon its IPO and eventually seek a bailout from SoftBank.
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But Liu was stripped of that title on a subsequent trip, after Communist Party hardliners balked at some of the concessions to which he had agreed.
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Such requests are usually granted routinely, but Schumer balked as a protest of the number of documents that have yet to be shared with Senate Democrats.
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Democrats and some Republicans have objected to making significant to changes to the U.S. visa system, while conservative GOP lawmakers have balked at a citizenship path.
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Pakistani officials have balked at American and Indian pressure to charge Mr. Saeed in the Mumbai attacks, saying there is not enough evidence to prosecute him.
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Trump initially balked at keeping Obama's pledge to take in the migrants Australia was seeking to offload, but was eventually persuaded to stand by the deal.
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The privacy rules were scheduled to go into effect at the end of this year Broadband providers had balked and ramped up lobbying against the rules.
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But stock-market investors balked not only at the price tag but at governance and the co-founder's behavior in both the business and personal realms.
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But Senate Democrats have balked at that plan, instead pushing for a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government for only four or five days.
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But his type of injury has ended careers, particularly among big men, and every team in the league balked at offering him a long-term deal.
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But Democrats balked, demanding that the White House provide a pathway to citizenship to 1.8 million young immigrants eligible under the DACA program, those sources said.
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But potential investors balked at that number, and the lossmaking company reportedly considered cutting its valuation to as low as $10 billion before canceling its IPO.
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The Obama administration balked at providing more money to help hospitals cope with the costs of "uncompensated care" for people who could be covered by Medicaid.
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Congress balked at the cost-cutting measure — one Democratic lawmaker mocked the agency's plan to "buy a bunch of rusty old hulks" — and restored the funding.
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The decision capped a series of moves by Occidental to finance and reduce hurdles before its $38 billion deal after Anadarko balked at several earlier offers.
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The House Freedom Caucus, a smaller group of conservative House members, balked at Trump's claim, tweeting that it still opposes the legislation in its current form.
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In a telephone interview Wednesday night with Today anchor Matt Lauer, the 32-year-old swimming champ balked at skepticism that his story may have been fabricated.
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But she balked at the thought of the film containing a shot of a live birth, fearing audiences would think they were seeing her actual naked crotch.
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And she balked at what she, like Carr, defined as an overtone of blame in media remarks about black turnout in Cincinnati after Ohio went for Trump.
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The operator of the current airport has first right to build it but has balked at the estimated cost of A$5 billion to A$6 billion.
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Flynn asked to delay his sentencing before a federal judge in Washington last December after the judge still balked at his crime of lying to the FBI.
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But they were never my thing because I've always balked at the idea of "wireless" headphones that still leave you with a cord dangling from your head.
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They have balked at the proposal made by Alexander and Collins, tarring it as a partisan plan that eschews the months of bipartisan negotiations over health care.
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Same-store sales, a key metric in the restaurant industry, have dwindled over the last year as customers have balked at some of Starbucks' limited-time offerings.
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Upon taking office, Pena Nieto's administration balked at the extent of U.S. involvement in Calderon's war against drug gangs and his team limited U.S. law enforcement access.
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ABC's executives balked at the radical idea — especially Goldberg's placement of secretaries in office spaces with views just as good as their bosses' — and cried poverty. —G.
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An attempt to bring a spending bill to the House floor before recess was thwarted by opposition from progressives who balked at the increase in defense spending.
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The Treasury Secretary has balked at a Democratic effort to require the agency to begin reporting the costs of protecting President Trump and his family outside Washington.
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But some balked at putting money in until Blackstone had a team in place to run the infrastructure fund, according to a person briefed on the process.
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It might prevail on FBI director nominee Christopher Wray to entertain the possibility his predecessor James Comey reportedly balked at: throwing reporters in jail for leaked information.
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While Powell has taken a unique interest in using the Fed to move unemployment below historic levels, the Fed chief has balked at stretching the bank's mandate.
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Whole Foods said on its Wednesday call that it offered to appoint two of Jana's nominees for the board, but the hedge fund balked at the offer.
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But Mr Wang (a pseudonym) and his wife balked at returning without jobs to a village where they had neither the experience nor the desire to farm.
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But when it came to sending money in the form of a $51 billion aid package, 216 Republicans in both chambers of Congress balked at the cost.
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When Republicans who dominated the legislature balked, he bypassed them with a tactical maneuver that allowed a separate board to expand the state's Medicaid without legislative approval.
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But in 22017, when Caronte's controlling families wanted to buy back the minority stake held by a private-equity firm, banks balked at the loan's unusual purpose.
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CEZ has balked at starting a tender without receiving state guarantees but Babis has said the company, Central Europes largest listed utility, can handle the project itself.
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China and Peru agreed in 2015 to study a 3,000-mile-long railway through the Andes, but Peru balked when China estimated its cost at $60 billion.
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Instead, according to filings last week in Delaware Chancery Court, the special litigation committee has balked at turning over the fruits of its investigation to plaintiffs' lawyers.
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Some former clerks and legal colleagues who know the finalists have balked at the prospect of becoming part of a partisan fight over the nomination, they said.
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But recently, the retailer has been in a prolonged sales slump, as shoppers balked at paying up for the brand's preppy style as its prices spiraled higher.
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China has balked at US involvement in the dispute and last month accused a US warship of trespassing after it sailed near a reef claimed by Beijing.
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Intense lobbying by leadership of both parties helped bring the omnibus over the finish line with a strong bipartisan vote when liberals and conservatives initially balked. Jan.
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Despite making promises to release his tax records, Trump has balked at doing so, saying he won't disclose the filings until the IRS finishes auditing his returns.
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But a few conservatives still held out, and moderates have balked at the bill's Medicaid cuts and changes to Obamacare's protections for people with preexisting medical conditions.
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There were signs that moderates would have balked, unwilling to sign their names to something that would likely die in the Senate anyway for being insanely draconian.
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IBM slumped more than 7.5 percent Wednesday, making for the stock's worst day since April 20133, as analysts and investors balked at lower-than-expected adjusted margins.
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Kuwait, producing 24.4 million barrels per day (bpd), said it will freeze output only if all major producers participate, including Iran, which has balked at the plan.
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People also balked at Legere's claim that T-Mobile could take customers away from AT&T and Verizon, but sure enough, that's been happening, too, Cramer said.
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Democrats balked at the timeline during a health subcommittee mark up last week, saying many of the bills were still in draft form and awaiting technical assistance.
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U.S. lawmakers have balked at the latest explanation, and expressed increasing certainty that the crown prince either directed or was explicitly aware of plans to kill Khashoggi.
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Among other affirmations of traditionalist attitudes, the synod watered down proposals for a more inclusive approach to gay people, and balked at endorsing communion for remarried Catholics.
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In August, many countries sought an international agreement committing countries not to detain undocumented children; the United States was among the countries that balked at such language.
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Murkowski, who had balked at the last version of the ObamaCare bill, said she is a no on the motion to proceed to a repeal-only plan.
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U.S. lawmakers have balked at that explanation, while Turkish officials have said that Khashoggi was ambushed and murdered by Saudi operatives inside the consulate before being dismembered.
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The Justice Department allegedly told AT&T it would have to sell off CNN's parent company as a condition for the merger, which AT&T balked at.
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The KLM subsidiary, backed by The Hague, had balked at attempts by Air France-KLM group's new Canadian Chief Executive Ben Smith to move towards deeper integration.
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After all, the Trump administration, through Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, originally denied even doing it, then balked at the notion that they could stop it.
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While the court recently ruled that the government doesn't need this approval, foreign financiers, multilateral organizations, and other countries have balked at lending money without congressional signoff.
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