But I was telling him he was balking, he was balking.
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Spears' father, Jamie Spears, who controls her finances, is balking.
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They needed to go somewhere, and the boy was balking.
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I also could see most people balking at its cost: $579.
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So Saudi Arabia is finally balking in this game of chicken.
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Some investors may be balking at the deeply sub-zero yields.
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New York lawmakers are balking at a bill submitted by Gov.
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Republicans are balking at that request, in part, because it's daunting.
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Security experts and privacy advocates are already balking at the draft bill.
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It's about balking when it's necessary to stand up for what's right.
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" Then comes Lee's forthrightness when he describes balking at "learning new stuff.
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The Kremlin blames Ukraine for balking at the political elements of the deal.
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But I marked them up tenfold and they accepted the price without balking.
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To be sure, not all franchisees are balking at the company's new focus.
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Not only are some investors and developers balking at potentially voluminous reporting requirements.
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But British citizens and politicians are balking at paying such a large sum.
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That could be a sign that consumers are balking at recent price increases.
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Some Republican governors, many Republican moderates and voters far and wide were balking.
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At their initial release, Swift's seat prices had some fans balking at the numbers.
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That would seem a noncontroversial idea for liberals, but some are balking at it.
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But on the other side, House Republican aides are balking at the Senate's demands.
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After initially balking at the pushback, Samsung this week announced that it's killing the deal.
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Some conservative Republicans are also balking at offering any path to citizenship to young immigrants.
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That's important for Pelosi, whose caucus includes progressives balking at greater and greater defense spending.
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Investors are also balking at companies' efforts to swap short-dated debt for longer maturities.
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But the casinos are balking at legislative mandates insisting upon the use of league data.
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Twitter is shocking and Apple is balking, but first: a cartoon about posthumous photo sharing.
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Freedman also thinks the drop in US subscribers shows consumers are balking at paying higher prices.
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"China seems to be balking on some of the terms of the trade negotiations," Hellwig said.
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Some conservative Republicans are balking at Ryan's bill in hopes of more draconian cuts to Medicaid.
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Italy's nationalist government is again balking at the European Union's demands to decrease its crippling debt.
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They don't risk shareholders' balking at the capital outlay and its impact on their balance sheets.
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One much-circulated image showed Snow White, balking from taking the poisoned apple without a bag.
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I am a woman afflicted with madness, chasing dates and then balking when I finally catch them.
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Doctors are balking at covering for their colleagues, for fear of the tax burden that may result.
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Kei Chua, a managing director at the firm, recalls balking at the market in the early 2000s.
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Polls show that suburban, college-educated whites, who traditionally vote Republican, are balking at voting for Trump.
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Cloud kitchens — the fully equipped, shared, commercial grade spaces for restaurant owners — have left U.S. investors balking.
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Many of our public universities have also been found balking at complying with state open records laws.
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But France is not the only European Union member balking over trade talks with the United States.
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They also are balking at the proposal's weak restrictions on restricting corporate buybacks, which Mnuchin can waive.
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"I hear more balking about all the authorities around it than the border wall itself," he said.
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He added that Asian customers were also balking at the discord surrounding the outlook for British trade terms.
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Only two Senate Republicans are balking with their party to back hearings for a Supreme Court nominee. Sen.
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China wants a rollback of tariffs, while reportedly balking on putting a specific number on farm good buys.
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Wall Street may be cheering McDonald's technology and menu upgrades, but the burger giant's core customers are balking.
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Early this month, Mr. Detrich said, he received an email from Dr. Krishtalka balking at the eBay sale.
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Some Republicans are balking at the president's trade policy as the Trump administration considers another bailout for farmers.
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After initially balking at the question, Sessions said Mueller's team had not interviewed him as part of its investigation.
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Disney's lawyers and management must have had a real belly laugh, too, when Marvel accepted their design without balking.
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In the interim, multiple private equity firms passed, balking at the brand's finances and expressing broader concerns about golf.
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NSYNC (left) and the Backstreet Boys But instead of balking at the boy-band label, PrettyMuch has reclaimed it.
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The biggest surprise, though, is Andy balking at a Kimye threesome ... which he says would be a boner killer.
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"I had a few too many," Singer admitted, balking down questions from Cohen that she was also on pills.
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Democrats are balking at a proposal unveiled by Senate Republicans last week to keep the government funded until Dec.
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German officials are balking, saying that extending the duration of the deal would require new negotiations, and new concessions.
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Since the CBO report was released in early November, Republicans have been balking at the notion of a sequester.
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The coalition behind it is fraying in the face of a reluctant White House and a balking Mr. McConnell.
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Creditors have been balking at the proposal, citing concerns over the U.S. sanctions and the security situation in the city.
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The Trump administration is balking at the request, as part of its effort to deprive "sanctuary cities" of federal assistance.
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The issue has also divided the European Union, with many countries balking at taking in a proportional share of refugees.
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And many lawmakers and public officials are balking at the idea of legalizing a banned substance, citing potential social costs.
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And experts aren't balking at the prospect of buying ETFs with high Boeing exposure as much as some may think.
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But despite the progress, several countries are balking at safeguards promoted by the United States or are building new stockpiles.
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But now, some firms are balking at letting clients go, and are threatening legal action to make them stay put.
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And some centrist Republicans are already balking at the idea of passing deep cuts that won't get through the Senate.
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But the Turks, who are fighting Kurdish militants at home, are balking because they view the Kurdish units as terrorists.
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That's why they're balking at legislation that will lead to an estimated 24 million more people being uninsured — at least.
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" But Trump administration officials are balking -- one said, "this is a hill and people would be willing to die on it.
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To their credit, Republican Mormons are balking at the prospect of voting for the most profane presidential candidate in modern history.
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GOP lawmakers hailing from populous states are already balking at a proposal to eliminate a deduction for state and local taxes.
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Parliament is balking, and it looks increasingly unlikely that this deal with survive a meaningful vote in the House of Commons.
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Even congressional Republicans are balking at handing him billions for a quixotic project that won't be completed for years, if ever.
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But that will likely need to be paid for, as congressional Republicans are balking at passing any disaster relief without offsets.
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After balking at the millionaires tax and other proposals, the legislature sent Murphy its own $36.5 billion budget on June 21.
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The Senate had initially sought a 4 percent raise, balking at a 5 percent hike approved by the House of Delegates.
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The preview features one woman balking at her weight and another saying "I am almost a rectangle" after her hips are measured.
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This is the part where I say that you should also turn off auto-updates for your operating system, but I'm balking.
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Senate Republican leaders may rely on the deal-making former businessman to lean on conservative senators who are balking at the bill.
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Already, moderate House Republicans -- many members of the organization the Tuesday Group -- are balking at the contours of the new proposal. Rep.
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Many conservatives are balking at the bill ahead of Thursday's vote, fearful they'll be attacked from the right if they back it.
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They are also balking at an International Monetary Fund demand that Greece get debt relief when the bailout program ends in 2018.
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"Are the shoes also being sent into space?" asks one commenter, balking at the price tag (but who, nonetheless, backed the project).
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But some workers on these platforms are balking at these steps, saying they still don't go far enough and details are scarce.
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Opposition lawmakers, in a country where about half of the people believe homosexuality is an illness, are balking at approving a lesbian.
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Elsewhere in trade: While the U.S. wants a Nafta deal by next month, Mexican negotiators are still balking at some Washington demands.
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While many tech enthusiasts will gladly fork over a grand to upgrade to the new model, the price has left others balking.
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So I don't know, I don't think people are balking at the price of them as much as I thought they would.
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In a surprise twist, at least one U.S. carrier is balking at this decision, flexing its muscle as the gatekeeper of its network.
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If he was balking at the price of a routine medical scan, what must people who weren't well-paid medical professionals be thinking?
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The former Uruguayan foreign minister appears isolated in that respect, with even right-wing governments opposed to Maduro balking at throwing him out.
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Its potential customers are balking at the prospect of paying the high prices it will be forced to charge to recoup its investment.
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Notably, Recode reports that Apple is balking at the subscription signup flow, saying it violates the company's rules about subscriptions sold inside apps.
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Wealth Matters Some who own or charter superyachts want to take them on adventures, but the risks are high and insurers are balking.
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"He has nothing to do with politics," she said, balking at the suggesting that he would ever abuse his position within the party.
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Russia's broadcasters finally signed a deal to broadcast the tournament in late December after more than a year of balking at FIFA's demands.
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The government's MACRA rules took up almost 2,400 pages of text, and physicians are already balking at the additional paperwork and screen time.
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"I remember balking at a verb choice in one of her books — she had us 'slick' the vegetable with oil," Ms. Bramson added.
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Yet it is easy to imagine voters troubled by Sanders's age balking at the prospect of replacing him with a former state senator.
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Conservatives fumed at centrists for balking at the repeal-only bill, noting that many of them voted for it just two years ago.
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By balking at distancing itself from overtly anti-Semitic supporters and flirting with "denial lite," the Trump administration as a whole has unsettled historians.
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If you're balking at the premium MSI is charging for putting desktop-level parts in a more compact box, this system isn't for you.
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As the price of new autos continues to climb — it averaged about $36,500 in March — a growing number of consumers are balking at buying.
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And while strategists with high S&P 500 targets are notorious for balking at clear and longstanding recession indicators, they do have a point.
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Conservatives were already balking over a plan to attach a debt ceiling increase to the Harvey recovery bill that cleared the House on Wednesday.
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Even the Leave campaigners are balking at invoking Article 50 immediately; David Cameron reversed his position and has left the decision to his successor.
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And Volkswagen was balking at any plan to buy back and scrap every car, which the company said it believed would be exorbitantly expensive.
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But many conservatives are balking at the compromise bill ahead of Thursday's vote, fearful they'll be attacked from the right if they back it.
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These cuts won't all necessarily fly with Congress — a few Republicans are already balking at some of the numbers Trump's team is tossing about.
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When Republicans were in the majority, Mr. Jordan and his fellow conservatives made trouble for the Republican leadership, often balking at their legislative agenda.
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They faced prominent Democrats — including President Obama and Hillary Clinton — balking at what seemed too audacious a demand, out of step with public opinion.
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GOP moderates are already balking at the proposed cuts to entitlement programs while hard-liners in the party say it doesn't go far enough.
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Just the math doesn't add up when they're balking 75 to 85 percent of those riders into counting on them taking alternate subway lines.
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House conservatives are balking at what they see as the slow rollback of the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, which the bill would complete by 2020.
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Again, this isn't world-setting-on-fire stuff here, but those who have been balking at pricier competitors don't have a lot to lose here.
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Representatives for The Dr. Phil Show are balking at allegations that the daytime talk show's psychiatrist's staff enabled guests with substance addictions to boost ratings.
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" August told me that in the near future, he expects to see conservatives balking at what he calls, "stories of human decency and civic responsibility.
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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) quipped, balking at the notion that congressional staff would be able to thoroughly examine the documents in time for Tuesday's hearing.
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The iPhone maker's dependence on China was vividly demonstrated late last year when Chinese consumers began balking at buying the latest model of the smartphone.
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Republicans are balking at the cost of the package and are irked at the threats to delay the underlying bill, which has had bipartisan support.
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The proposal generates fierce debate, with critics balking at the idea of turning educators into ad hoc first responders in the event of a shooting.
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Some conservative Republicans are balking at a three-year delay, arguing that the party should act much faster -- ideally, during the next session of Congress. Rep.
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North Koreans are notoriously formidable negotiating partners who typically push for US concessions to get an agreement while balking at or cheating on their own commitments.
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He's currently planning an appreciation dinner for local law enforcement, though some of the other organizers are balking at his request that it be alcohol-free.
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Both countries are balking at monetary and fiscal constraints they want lifted to recover the control of policy instruments to stimulate economic growth and employment creation.
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My educated guess is that the North Koreans – sensing the Trump administration will not give them any concessions upfront – may now be balking at a summit.
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They are losing droves of students who are balking at sky-high tuition and, in the case of international applicants, turned off by President Trump's politics.
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Tensions were already high over China's hacking of American companies, and the United States was balking at China's slow-motion colonization of the South China Sea.
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The debate at the UN has since been blocked by Russia, balking at the independence of an investigation that would find out exactly who was responsible.
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Democrats were also balking at imposing limits on paid-leave benefits that were part of a program enacted last week to respond to the coronavirus crisis.
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Buying the pipeline when its American owner was balking at expansion plans was "what I felt was the best thing for Canadians," the prime minister said.
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Democrats are already balking at the figure out of early concern that Republicans will designate the money for bolstering enforcement efforts, including an acceleration of deportations.
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It is possible, they argue, to be a purveyor of terrible policy ideas while at the same time balking at illegal, or at least impeachable, acts.
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Human rights groups are balking, saying the move is an attack on personal freedom and that it targets the Uyghur people who are native to the region.
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Samsung's project isn't the only bendy-screen device in the works, but reports from two Korean news agencies already have people balking about the gadget's anticipated price.
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But the former Uruguayan foreign minister appears isolated in the group, with even right-wing governments opposed to Maduro in the region balking at throwing Venezuela out.
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GOP senators are balking at President Trump's proposed steep cuts to the nation's healthcare system for the poor, worrying that it could leave millions without health plans.
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But it will be far from plain sailing — in part because liberal opposition is fierce on both fronts, but also because some Republicans are balking on healthcare.
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Some seasoned Olympic travelers are also balking about flying into this capital city and then having to transfer to event sites located more than 140 miles away.
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In 2011, after regaining a majority in the House, they shoved leaders aside and caused a credit downgrade by balking at an increase in the debt limit.
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Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is also balking, but if they include the language being sought by the right they risk a major rebellion in the party's center.
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US allies like Britain and Canada registered alarm at Trump's trade move, balking especially at the White House's rationale that their steel imports threatened US national security.
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But bin Talal is holding out, reportedly balking at the $6 billion bin Salman is demanding from him and/or control of some of his investment companies.
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Maida Rosenstein, president of the Local 2110, told Hyperallergic that MoMA is balking on previous negotiations and hoping to quell requests to raise salaries for museum workers.
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This transition period would buy lawmakers some time to figure out a replacement plan, but already, insurance companies are balking at the uncertainty that this scenario would create.
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But some airport managers are balking at the idea, saying they don't have the room or don't want to do anything that may compound delays for regular fliers.
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And Congress will have final say over the EPA's budget, with even some Republicans now balking at the steep cuts Trump has been mulling to clean energy programs.
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Qatar Airways earlier refused to take the first aircraft, sacrificing its place at the head of the queue to a European rival, after balking at lingering teething problems.
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China is also reportedly balking at commitments to specific farm purchases from the U.S. The major indexes quickly pared gains following the report but later regained their footing.
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But, led by Europe, Japan and India, many of the world's leading economies are balking, viewing it as a Trojan Horse for Chinese geopolitical, military and economic designs.
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Balking against sexual harassment was out of the question, surely, for a black woman whose career was built on her sexuality and the perceived ownership of her body.
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Even as facial recognition systems are rolled out by privacy companies — from airlines to smartphone makers — institutions nationwide are balking at government use of algorithmically powered surveillance tools.
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His grandmother Dolly (Susan Sarandon) is in a lesbian relationship and living a life with all the trappings of liberal New York bohemianism, but she, too, is balking.
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After initially balking, Panama did agree this year to a multilateral deal to provide the names of the real owners of offshore companies when other countries request them.
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But a number of Republicans are balking at elements of the plan they fear will lead to tax increases for their constituents, rather than the promised tax cuts.
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Too popular to roll back, as it turned out, with several GOP senators balking at undoing the expansion and at putting a federal spending cap on the program.
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Sources at Fremantle and Core tell us, Seacrest is asking for an Executive Producer credit but Fremantle is balking, and the stalemate has now lasted more than a week.
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And it's possible that it's not just the investors balking, the department store slipped several spots on Market Force's list, but still managed to remain in the top five.
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To the average consumer, Goop is probably best-known for stories balking at the brand's support for products like jade vaginal "eggs" and water bottles with built-in crystals.
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Members from high-tax states like New York, New Jersey and California are already balking at a proposal to eliminate deductions for state and local taxes, known as SALT.
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The automaker is balking at that provision because it is hiring about 1,200 new workers for its minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario, which just received a multibillion-dollar makeover.
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Keep in mind, "Seven-Fifty" opens with C.C. balking on the Los Angeles trip because he has never been on an airplane and he's too scared to do it.
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Now that we are at the moment of truth, some moderate Republican senators are balking at the 2015 bill, insisting that it contain a full replace plan as well.
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Moderate Republicans, who were concerned the Obamacare repeal plan would threaten coverage for people already enrolled in the ACA, are already balking at the idea, according to several moderates.
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The Chinese backed sanctions against the North Koreans in March, but they are balking this time over the U.S.'s decision to deploy missile-defense capabilities in the region.
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But Democrats and moderate Republicans are balking at such major changes to legal immigration, especially when the more immediate issues of DACA and border security are nearing a resolution.
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After balking for several days, Tewksbury officials decided that paying the modest ransom of about $600 was better than struggling to unlock its own systems, said police chief Timothy Sheehan.
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So while that grouping might sound like an arbitrary division, that's precisely the range people are looking at after balking at the increased prices of so many recent flagship phones.
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And Congress has been arguing over Flint, with Democrats pushing to allocate $220 million for infrastructure, and Republicans balking at setting a precedent in spending on a human-caused disaster.
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Apple's (AAPL) biggest problem is the iPhone, which has fallen from grace since customers started balking at expensive upgrades and buying cheaper phones from Chinese competitors like Huawei and Xiaomi.
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We got the NFL's reigning Rookie of the Year outside The Highlight Room when he praised Le'Veon for balking at the Steelers' long-term offer for the second straight year.
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Another potential investor, U.S. fund Varde Partners, walked away earlier this year after balking at the poor quality of the bank's assets, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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Now, with Hurricane Irma set to strike the Florida panhandle and ballooning estimates of the damage from Hurricane Harvey, some conservative lawmakers and advocacy groups are balking at the numbers.
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Balking at costs is really a red herring anyway, since the price for setting up and maintaining the screening system could be covered by nominal fees added to visa applications.
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He was amazed that he kept hearing people asking each other if they would upgrade and being receptive to the new model instead of balking at the $999 price tag.
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But Democrats are balking over what they see as "poison pills" attached to the money that would deny funds to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood and ease some environmental provisions.
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The culture of online infringement has resulted in even some commercial users balking at the notion that they should license creative works used to promote a brand, product or enterprise.
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But Beijing is balking at committing here to a specific amount of farm product purchases, within a particular time frame, and wants to let supply and demand dictate deals instead.
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After balking for several days, Tewksbury officials decided that paying the modest ransom of about $13 was better than struggling to unlock its own systems, said police chief Timothy Sheehan.
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Mr Trump would not be alone in balking at Mr Azevêdo's formulation, meant to manage down expectations for the WTO's two-yearly ministerial meeting in Argentina later this month (see article).
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In Iran, an official balking at allowing Mr. Rezaian's wife and mother to leave with him on a Swiss military aircraft nearly scuttled the deal, American officials said earlier this week.
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The lieutenant-governor, Justin Fairfax, has been accused by two women of sexual assault and is balking at a Republican proposal for public hearings at which his supposed victims would testify.
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PUNTO FIJO/CARACAS (Reuters) - The extreme volatility of Venezuela's exchange rate has the crisis-hit country's shop owners hurriedly marking up their merchandise and consumers balking at the higher price tags.
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The insurer was balking at spending another $125,000, and Trevor's parents worried whether he would get the precious vials of medicine needed to give him a shot at a normal life.
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While Trump has signaled he wants an unconventional line-up of convention speakers, the handful of Republicans skipping the event or balking at endorsing the nominee could limit the party's options.
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But others are balking at the fast rollout, saying they want to retain the option of using gas or simply believe the new rules are being put into action too quickly.
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It is unclear whether House Republicans will even have the votes to pass the bill, as defense hawks and conservative House Freedom Caucus members are balking at approving another temporary solution.
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But raising the debt ceiling has become a perilous vote for Republicans, with fiscal hawks balking at the prospect of approving an increase in federal borrowing without corresponding reductions in spending.
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The plan, however, has faced blowback from both parties, with Republicans balking at the prospect of providing "amnesty" and Democrats worried about the proposed dramatic changes to the U.S. immigration system.
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Mnuchin had been spearheading attempts to restart trade talks with China, which The Journal on Sunday reported were in doubt, as the Chinese threatened to decline participation, balking at Trump's demands.
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But Cameron Wagner said that after balking this long at getting her 238-year-old son vaccinated, out of concerns about potential side effects, a few more minutes would not matter.
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On June 7th Mr Magufuli indefinitely suspended construction at Bagamoyo, balking at demands from the project's Chinese partner for a 99-year lease and a ban on port development elsewhere in Tanzania.
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Earlier reports suggested that some big-name subscription publishers, like The New York Times and Washington Post, are balking at Apple's terms, which reportedly take half the revenue from each subscription sold.
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Her mandate to "BE HERE NOW" has been truncated to the subversive "BE HER" as if the skaters are balking at being told to live in the moment by a conceptual collagist.
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Progress has been slow, however, and the study said businesses are still balking at longer-term investments, preferring instead to sit on cash or return it to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.
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Already, Senate Republicans are balking at some spending cuts backed by the RSC, such as eliminating subsidies for rural airports serving sparsely populated communities and the Department of Agriculture's catfish inspection program.
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But the administration is balking at the idea that it owes the same obligation to children who had already been placed with sponsors as it did to those still in its care.
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But it took the company quite a while to reach the $1 billion price it has been talking with investors on for several months, with some of them balking at the valuation.
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Across the street, where Mr. Trump came across the beached yacht, he told reporters that the homeowner had complained that his insurance company was balking at covering the cost of the damage.
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Such back channeling could help the British work out what is realistic in order to avoid EU negotiators balking at their position, and the clock running down on the two-year deadline.
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Slow unity efforts are another hot-button issue: some blame Hamas for balking at handing full control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority while others criticize Fatah for retaining salary cuts in Gaza.
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Mayors are balking at draconian immigration enforcement efforts, police departments are challenging threatened action against sanctuary cities and Arab and Muslim communities are reeling from policies like the President's (now-halted) travel ban.
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They have been balking at U.S. legislation that prohibits American companies from sharing their nuclear technology with a foreign government unless it agrees not to enrich uranium or reprocess spent fuel at home.
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Without this data, investors will not be able to track the average selling price of iPhones, a crucial number for assessing whether consumers are balking at paying up for Apple's higher-priced phones.
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With members of his own party balking at even bringing the measure to the Senate floor, Mr. McConnell announced on Tuesday that a vote would be delayed until after the July 4 recess.
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"The one rule I'm seeing that has the most effect is the 'step off or else you're balking' rule," said Mauro Gozzo, the New Britain Bees manager and a former major league pitcher.
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Balking at an immigration deal, Mr. Trump asked lawmakers in the Oval Office why there were so many people from "shithole countries" coming to the United States, rather than from places like Norway.
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"The one rule I'm seeing that has the most effect is the 'step off or else you're balking' rule," said Mauro Gozzo, the New Britain Bees manager and a former major league pitcher.
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Trump directed the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services departments to consider amending regulations to the preventive services mandate to address conscious-based objections, like religious employers balking at covering birth control.
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I've had patients insist they need a stimulant medication because they fit a brief symptom checklist for A.D.H.D., balking at my assessment that their substance use or anxiety may better account for their problems.
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With more people abandoning cable and satellite television, the operators of those services have started to squeeze regional sports networks, either by refusing to carry them or by balking at any increases in fees.
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By passing a separate bill that would have kept funds flowing, with $5.7 billion for the wall, Mr. Ryan forced the issue back to the Senate, where Democrats were balking at any wall funding.
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The 52-vote Republican majority may not be enough next week to secure a budget measure needed for the tax cuts, given that some of that party's senators are balking or on the fence.
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Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, is attempting to punish Russia, the world's second-largest producer, for balking on Friday at production cuts proposed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
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Currently, the N.H.L. is balking at sending its players to Pyeongchang for the 2000 Games because the I.O.C. has said it will no longer cover the cost of air travel, insurance and other incentives.
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Yet global greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise, the climate is growing increasingly unstable, and three major countries — the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil — are balking at international cooperation on climate change.
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Schumer told reporters Saturday that it was Trump who had come up with the amount of funding for the wall, which Schumer had agreed upon, and denied balking at the amount the president requested.
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A few Republicans are also balking at Trump's proposed EPA cuts, which would likely mean eliminating not just climate change programs but cutting back on a variety of other popular environmental measures as well.
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It's kind of funny because it seems like just yesterday, people were balking at phones with dual rear cams since they went mainstream on phones like the LG G5, Huawei P0.393 and iPhone 0.383 Plus.
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The President could also hike pressure on some Republican senators up for re-election in 2018 who may not relish the wrath of Trump voters in a primary, and may think twice about balking Trump.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has warned that the Goodlatte bill, because it cuts even legal levels of immigration, would hurt businesses, likely eroding support from moderate Republicans who are already balking at the bill.
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Key members of Congress are balking at raising NASA's budget by another $1.6 billion for what Bridenstine and DeWit call a "down payment" to jump-start Artemis — in particular to start building necessary spaceflight hardware.
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But the bill faced a rocky rollout, with conservative Republicans saying it didn't go far enough to undo the law and centrist GOP lawmakers balking at rolling back the Medicaid expansion and defunding Planned Parenthood.
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But GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are balking at the Democrats' bill, largely over provisions to expand paid leave for workers affected by the coronavirus — a benefit long-opposed by business-friendly Republicans in Congress.
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Now, part of the reason it would have seemed rude to object is that, in balking at a racist joke, you might seem to be implying that the teller and his acquiescent audience were racists.
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While the GOP is united behind the concept of tax cuts, a number of members are already balking at specific provisions of the plan they fear will lead instead to tax increases for their constituents.
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Rohingya refugees at the sprawling Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh are balking at going back until Myanmar can guarantee their safety, among other demands listed in a petition drawn up by camp leaders and shown to Reuters.
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Occidental's decision to shed the assets is the latest example of an oil company balking at the capital expenditure required to maintain U.S. pipelines, which have been plagued by bottlenecks and require construction of new networks.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A core group of Mozambique's international creditors dismissed as a "non-starter" a debt restructuring plan the country presented on Tuesday, balking at the idea of a second painful writedown in as many years.
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Asked if bankers were balking at the new rules, Simon Hills, an executive director at the British Bankers' Association, said the SMR was regarded in the industry as a key element to restoring trust in banking.
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But Rubio walked away from those talks, and this week, by sticking with a racist nominee whose success lies in appealing to white grievance, he provided further evidence he's balking at efforts to reform the right.
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Anyone balking a the price tag should consider the luxury amenities — think of it as deep-freeze glamping — and the fact that Prince Harry, Buzz Aldrin, and Bear Grylls have all partaken in White Desert's excursions.
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In addition to balking at the $12 billion price tag, protesters are calling for more accountability from elected officials after a massive corruption scandal focused on the state oil company ensnared dozens of high-level politicians.
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He is pushing bilateral trade deals to replace that accord, but Japan and other Asian countries are reluctant to open negotiations, while South Korea is balking at Mr. Trump's demand to renegotiate its existing trade agreement.
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The details hadn't even yet been shopped around to their colleagues when conservatives started balking at the agreement and the only man that mattered in the debate -- Trump -- sent his party back to the drafting table.
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White House officials are considering releasing a transcript of Trump's call with the Ukrainian President, multiple sources have told CNN, but some senior administration officials are balking at the idea and the precedent it could send.
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Yet there are already signs of trouble, with some Republicans questioning whether the tax proposal would add too much to the deficit, and others balking at plans to eliminate a deduction for state and local taxes.
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He's not the only Ex-Raider balking at the move .... Ronnie Lott is putting together a group to try to keep the team in Oakland as well ... but owner Mark Davis seems super determined to relocate.
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Image: NvidiaFor those that have been balking at the $1,200 price tag of the RTX 2080 Ti cards, you might want to look away now, as Nvidia has now topped that with the new $2,203 Titan RTX.
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" In her recent memoir, Raising Trump, the president's first wife, Ivana — who is mom to Eric, Don Jr. and Ivanka — recalls Trump balking when she suggested naming their firstborn son Donald Jr. "What if he's a loser?
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RHP Sergio Romo committed his first career balk in Arizona's nine-run eighth inning, balking in the go-ahead run before a 1-1 pitch to CF A.J. Pollock to give the Diamondbacks a 6-5 lead.
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The country has until April 14 to pay $4.65 billion to the main hedge funds that fought for and won an advantageous settlement after balking at steep payment reductions offered in Argentina's 2005 and 2010 bond revamps.
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Democrats are insisting on an immigration deal to protect so-called Dreamers as part of a yearlong spending package but lawmakers are currently in a stalemate, with Democrats balking at Republican proposals to beef up border security.
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On immigration, almost two dozen House Republicans are demanding votes on legislation that would help young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, but are balking at the president's get-tough demands on other immigration matters.
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One problem in making sense of these disputes between the intelligence agencies nearly four years later, several people said, is that officials did not caveat their emails with detailed descriptions of their motivations and rationales for balking.
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On Broad City, 25-year-old Abbi walks into a dressing room with an armful of clothes in a clear spoof of the cliché: "First one's fine," she shrugs, before balking at the price-tag at the register.
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But he was quick to note that GOP leaders will need Democratic votes to pass the package through the House, where conservative spending hawks are balking at the levels of federal funding authorized by last month's budget deal.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Legendary short-seller Jim Chanos said on Tuesday he is betting against companies that provide kidney dialysis, because their profits may be threatened by insurers that are balking at the high cost of the treatments.
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Some conservatives in the House and Senate will no doubt oppose it, and Democrats unhappy that immigration policy was left out — including Ms. Pelosi, who occupied the House floor for hours Wednesday — were also balking at the deal.
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Trent claims his landlords are refusing to give him back his security deposit, are balking at paying for his hotel expenses and haven't reimbursed him for some of the rent he paid ... so he's going after them for cash.
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The showdown is over Trump's demand for funding for his wall at the border with Mexico, and Democrats are balking at additional border security money because they say more than $1 billion allocated in January was not entirely spent.
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Meanwhile, investors are balking at the high cost structures of hedge funds, which often charge a 2 percent fee plus 20 percent or more of gains, especially as low-cost, passive investments like index funds have produced better results.
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The country has until noon New York City time on April 14 to pay $4.65 billion to the main hedge funds that fought for and won an advantageous settlement after balking at the terms offered in two prior settlements.
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Some liberals are balking at the $733 billion price tag of the bill and are seeking a wide range of amendments, while Trump and some of his fellow Republicans in Congress are seeking even more money for the military.
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It could help bring balking conservatives, such as Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, aboard, but it may do little to ease the concerns of moderates like Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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I would generally describe my partner as supportive, but he has done very little to help with this process, balking the one time I asked him to call to schedule a daycare visit (I've booked at least ten to date).
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After days of balking at calls for him to say he was sorry for the comments, Duterte finally seemed to repent Tuesday, when a statement was issued by his political party, PDP-Laban, with an apparent apology, CNN Philippines reported.
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Like Bobby, she was concerned with the Axelrod money and the Axelrod family above all — in fact, she encouraged him to send the New York town into bankruptcy, even when everyone else was balking at the obvious immorality of that move.
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But there's a hitch: A number of key publishers are balking at the terms Apple is offering, per the Wall Street Journal, objecting to Apple's reported take of almost half the revenue and limits on their access to customer data.
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In a column in the New York Times from February 13, 1994, the day after the Olympics opening ceremony, Frank Rich commented that a frequently awkward Kerrigan seemed to be balking at her place in the center of a media storm.
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Ms. Vestager added that she was not against further consolidation within the industry, despite European antitrust officials' balking at a number of recent proposed takeovers in the region's telecommunications sector that they said would reduce competition at the consumer level.
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Was she balking at hooking up with a quasi-relative (Rita, played by Judith Roberts, is referred to as the Pemberton kids' great-grandmother; Mickey is their aunt), or at the idea of an older person whose body she finds repulsive?
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Consumer finance group Home Credit pulled out of a planned deal to sell its Czech and Slovak operations as well as lender Air Bank to Czech peer MONETA Money Bank, balking at a call for a price cut.
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But by late in the week, with Iran balking as expected, both the Russians and Saudis were walking the deal back, with the Saudis categorically rejecting production cuts and the Russians averring that a 'freeze' actually allowed Russia to increase output.
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It's true that her lead isn't as big as it was before Mr. Trump clinched the G.O.P. nomination, largely because Republicans have consolidated around their presumptive nominee, while many Sanders supporters are still balking at saying that they'll vote for her.
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That should be true whether you're a college student looking for a good time in Puerto Rico, an Olympian booking a ticket to Brazil or a U.S. Senator balking at the Obama administration's request for funding to fight the virus.
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With some NATO states preferring a more diplomacy-based approach toward Russia and several countries still balking at financing the alliance at the agreed-upon level, this was as far as the front-line states believed that they could push.
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Progressives are balking at the $6900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which touches on everything from the type of hardware the Pentagon can buy to a pay raise for service members to setting up a new military service for space.
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Lawmakers questioned Barr at length during his confirmation hearing about the circumstances under which he'd release Mueller's report at the conclusion of his investigation, some balking at the idea of Barr instead releasing his own report based on Mueller's findings.
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NEW YORK, March 2 (IFR) - Long dated bonds are the hottest products in the investment grade corporate bond market right now - a reversal since the start of the year when many nervous investors were balking at anything but short-dated bonds.
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The moderate Democrats had begun to worry about the possibility of leaving Washington on Friday for a weeklong July 4 recess without having cleared the humanitarian aid, and some were balking at a funding reduction for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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SYDNEY/HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Citigroup and Credit Suisse have dropped out of the U.S. initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese shared workspace provider Ucommune, balking at its desired valuation, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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Bucking the trend, Seven & i Holdings rose 5.9% after the retailer dropped a bid for Marathon Petroleum Corp's Speedway gas stations in the U.S. after balking at the price, as the market was concerned that the purchase would be costly.
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Bucking the trend, Seven & i Holdings rose 5.3% after the retailer abandoned a bid for Marathon Petroleum Corp's Speedway gas stations in the U.S. after balking at the price, as the market was concerned that the purchase would be costly.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday it was searching for ways to unilaterally fund the building of a controversial wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that Congress is balking at, possibly easing chances of a government shutdown this weekend.
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With ratings trending downward and digital rights giants, such as Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and Google, so far balking at paying hundreds of millions, or billions, for sports rights, the N.F.L. could soon be in for a round of tense negotiations.
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The auto industry started balking a few years ago at stringent Obama-era standards that extend through 2025, but they don't like the draft 2018 White House plan to freeze the standards, and instead say there should be some level of annual increases.
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" He explored a similar subject on "Showoff," balking at those that used progressive politics for their own gain: "Put others down to put yourself on top, despite the people that you hurt / The life you glamorize, exploit, and advertise, means nothing to you.
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Kirana's comments - by far the strongest since the crash off Indonesia on Oct 29 - underscore the depth of a recent rift between Boeing and Lion Air, which has been balking at taking delivery of Boeing jets worth $21 billion at list prices.
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He may also be balking at emerging details of America's goal for the summit -- an agreement for full and irreversible denuclearization by North Korea in return for security guarantees and the promise of future investment by US firms in the impoverished nation.
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Politicians in France and Germany have expressed concern at the rapid advance of Chinese companies in Europe, with former French President Francois Hollande balking at the prospect of city of Shanghai-controlled Jin Jiang gaining control of French hotels group AccorHotels (ACCP.PA).
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" Mr. Bein recalled Mr. Marshall turning down a "super prominent magazine cover" early on "because he felt he hadn't earned it yet," and balking similarly at "some very notable collaborations because he couldn't see how the artists' sounds would work with his.
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And whereas the previous push to undo Obamacare was ultimately scuttled mostly by arch-conservative members of the GOP caucus who felt the repeal-and-replace measure didn't go far enough, it is not the party's more moderate wing balking at the legislation.
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There was brief talk of a "rebellion" in the opposition Labour Party, where some lawmakers vowed to vote against an order from their party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to back the bill, but the number of those balking appears too small to matter. Mrs.
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If Parliament keeps getting involved, he explained, asking for delays or balking at a no-deal exit — or as Johnson colorfully put it, "chop[ping] off the legs out from under the UK position" — the EU will have no incentive to renegotiate.
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The deployment was a political masterstroke by Park, according to historian Kil J Yi, as it made the president essential to a US government that was balking at the cost of propping up a South Korean administration moving further from, not toward, democracy.
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As for those who do qualify, it's unclear where they can go; anti-immigrant sentiment is running high, and European Union countries are still balking at taking in most of the 160,000 refugees they agreed to accept from Italy and Greece in 2015.
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Four years later, though, a Canadian government panel that must sign off on the deduction is still balking at approving it, partly because the panel won't accept a $20 million valuation for a collection that the donor purchased for just $4.75 million.
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After images of drunken spring-breakers partying amid a contagion were broadcast nationally, DeSantis — a protégé of President Donald Trump — was thrust into the vanguard of Republican governors balking at issuing a broad shelter-in-place order to limit the spread of the virus.
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After four inconclusive elections in four years, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez helms a left-wing, minority coalition government and is grappling with a secession movement in the northeastern Catalonia region, where leaders are balking at his efforts to direct their response to their virus.
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As the women fought for more equitable treatment from their national governing body, it appeared that the federation was trying to accommodate the demands of the N.H.L., which has been balking at releasing its players for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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"White Privilege II" might make a better documentary than a song: It's puzzling why a track shot through with Black Lives Matter protest audio and testimonials from blue collar whites balking at the idea of privilege didn't arrive with an arresting visual to tie it all together.
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News: Apple is set to debut a news subscription business at a March 25 media event, even though publishers are balking at the terms Apple is offering, mostly objecting to Apple's reported take of almost half the revenue and limits on their access to customer data.
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The bands join a long, long line of musicians that have fallen over themselves to complain about the Trump campaign using their music, dating right back to Neil Young balking at the use of "Rockin' In The Free World," which Trump used to announce his candidacy.
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"If people see a different Trump, someone who has substantive plans, who's not crazy — it doesn't mean they'll forget the past few months, but he has a chance to at least shore up concerns of balking Republicans," said David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 campaign.
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There were also reports that the two sides remain far apart on China's demand for a rollback in tariffs, and on Wednesday afternoon the Wall Street Journal reported that China is balking on putting a specific dollar figure on the amount of agricultural products it would buy.
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I started mumbling under my breath during the Sunday sermon, balking at the opinions of my hardcore conservative friends, dating Christian guys that were threatened by my "alternative" beliefs, and questioning the validity of many of the points I'd spent three years trying to hammer into Adam.
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House Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) has said the Flint aid could be added in conference, but Democrats are balking at the GOP approach.
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Now it might be argued that all of this — the balking of Trump's authoritarian impulses, the normalcy of his appointments, his massive unpopularity and legislative failures — is due to the intense vigilance of the Resistance, the widespread determination to treat this president as an existential threat.
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The plan, even if never carried out, represents a way for France and Germany to warn newer member states like Hungary and Slovakia to stop balking at sharing the burden of taking care of migrants and to show more solidarity in the future, according to European diplomats.
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Vice President Mike Pence briefed reporters on the status of negotiations in a hastily arranged session, part of an orchestrated effort to sway balking Democrats who say the government should reopen while they wrangle over Mr. Trump's demand for $5.7 billion to begin his border wall.
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And now that Puerto Rico's government is nearly out of cash and still has a $72 billion debt to be paid, some are incensed that Walmart is balking at the tax, contending that as one of the largest retailers in the world, it can well afford to pay.
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Melissa Hassett of ManpowerGroup Solutions, whose clients include Lowe's, Pep Boys, and Staples, says that where retailers are having particular difficulty "hiring is the lower level, the seasonal or entry-level employees," because applicants are balking at the low pay and unpredictable schedules typically offered by the industry.
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That strategy was probably needed but, as it turns out, also toxic for Harley's US dealers, who understandably were not all that interested in selling cheaper motorcycles to potential buyers who didn't know how to ride yet and would require training classes (dealers were reportedly balking at the expense).
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Although some companies are responding to a wave of pressure by contract workers — Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Amazon have committed to pay hourly workers regular wages despite a decreased need for services during the coronavirus outbreak — many who are self-employed are balking that these measures are not enough.
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Lawmakers balking at ceding vested interests targeted by Abadi have failed to convene parliament since protesters loyal to powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a vocal advocate of dismantling Iraq's quota-based governing system, breached the heavily-fortified Green Zone district two weeks ago and took over the assembly complex for several hours.
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It's not clear whether prosecutors in this case aim to bypass similar encryption in Drexler's case, but the fact prosecutors asked for the FBI's help indicates it may — Apple has regularly helped authorities extract information in the past, balking only in the San Bernardino case because it involved breaking its newest encryption methods.
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While critics argued Omar should have been directly named in the resolution, a number of progressives and members of key minority caucuses stood by her this week, balking at the suggestion she be singled out and calling for the language to be broadened to include the condemnation of other forms of bigotry.
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For thousands of students anxiously trying to apply to colleges, it must have felt like disaster: Just before midnight on Monday, with barely 48 hours to go before the early deadline at many colleges, the web portal used by more than a million students a year started balking, and then shut down completely.
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The Trump administration has insisted that it is adamant about eliminating the state and local tax deduction, a move that would generate $1.3 trillion over those 10 years, and providing for immediate expensing of capital expenditures, which would cost about $220 billion over five years, but Republicans in Congress are already balking.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump and conservative lawmakers in the House agreed Friday to significant changes to Medicaid that could impose work requirements on able-bodied Medicaid beneficiaries in some states and limit federal funds for the program, as Republican leaders tried to rally balking lawmakers behind legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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With the U.S. balking at multilateral trade agreements, Asian trade ministers met to discuss the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would create a free trade area of more than 3.5 billion people, bringing together China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand as well as Southeast Asian nations.
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NEW YORK, Aug 212 (LPC) - Industrial safety services firm Total Safety made a series of investor-friendly changes to a US$22017m acquisition term loan, including selling the debt at a steep discount to snare enough commitments from investors balking at the cyclical nature of the energy sector, according to people familiar with the situation.
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At the White House press briefing the previous afternoon, Spicer showed irritation with members of the House Republican Conference who had voted against the Affordable Care Act repeatedly during President Obama's time in the White House — when they knew the president was sure to veto their legislation — but who are balking at the current plan.
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Republicans are balking over President TrumpDonald John TrumpO'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms Objections to Trump's new immigration rule wildly exaggerated MORE's openness to raising the federal gas tax to help pay for U.S. roads and highways — a politically fraught issue that lawmakers have avoided for years.
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And make no mistake, teams aren't balking at re-signing Kaepernick because of their black fans, who want to see him back in uniform; they are doing so because President Trump and a large number of white Americans have decided to distort Kaepernick's message and turn it into a contest about who gets to decide just what patriotism is.
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But under the scrutinizing spotlight of the IPO process, investors have been publicly and privately balking at that sky-high valuation and the company's questionable governance practices under chief executive officer and co-founder, Adam Neumann, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news that The We Company would put its offering on hold.
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Seven armed groups (and one student union) signed the N.C.A. But many more, including signatories to bilateral cease-fires, such as the New Mon State Party or the Karenni National Progressive Party, refused, balking at the lack of guarantees that political concessions would follow and at the government's refusal to negotiate with insurgents who were still fighting.
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Private equity firms are balking at Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE's (Calif.) drug bill, which could be voted on in the House as early as next week.
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"The phrase actually came about in 1980, when the [Ronald] Reagan campaign kept worrying that the Carter campaign would unveil some sort of 'October Surprise,' which never happened—other than the fact that the Iranians, to screw Jimmy Carter, kept balking about releasing the [American] hostages, and didn't release them until five minutes after Reagan was sworn in on January 20," Shapiro said.
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And while some may be balking right now at the idea of a teen wearing such a revealing dress, may we remind you that this iconic image of Kate Moss (above) wearing a completely sheer organza dress paired simply with a pair of black briefs and an eternally half-smoked cigarette was taken when the supermodel was a mere 19 years of age.
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The government of Prime Minister Theresa May "is balking at the two-stage approach to try to cross the Rubicon while remaining a citizen of Rome — that's to say keep trade with Europe while abandoning the European Union, which is an unfeasible position," said Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, the director of European Centre for International Political Economy, a research organization in Brussels.
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UNITED NATIONS — Access to food and medicine, a recurrent weapon of war in Syria, has emerged again as a political flash point: The Syrian government's most powerful ally, Russia, is balking at the proposed renewal of a United Nations measure that allows aid deliveries to pass through Syria's borders into rebel-held areas of the country, without permission from government authorities.
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The paper wrote that some major outlets including the New York Times and Washington Post are balking at those proposed terms, including concerns about both the revenue-sharing arrangement and a possible loss of control over valuable subscriber data:The New York Times and the Washington Post are among the major outlets that so far haven't agreed to license their content to the service, in part because of concerns over the proposed terms, which haven't been previously disclosed, according to the people familiar with the matter.
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Though often overshadowed by New York's week-long celebrity-driven bonanza (see: Kanye West Yeezy Season 5, Tiffany Trump making her front row rounds, Phillip Plein's disastrous spectacle that was all things people hate about the fashion industry: a late beyond measure start time, clothes that weren't anything worth balking at, and an obvious publicity play by casting "hot felon" Jeremy Meeks) and Paris' longtime legacy as the number one destination for, above all, beautiful clothes, the United Kingdom keeps it low-key — and that's even more of a reason to pay it attention.
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In this episode, the Weeds team discusses these findings as well as how alcohol policies compare to marijuana policies, and the effect the war on drugs has had on legalization efforts in the US. Sarah, Matt, and Ezra also discuss the state of the rapidly changing health care debate in the Senate, and the dynamics that are creating such a turbulent situation: moderate Republicans balking at the prospect of the uninsured population shooting up; far-right senators refusing to accept anything less than a full repeal of Obamacare as nearly enough; and a lack of leadership from Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump.
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