And he coaxed balking financiers back to the table when talks ran aground, they said.
She says her older sister and other relatives are balking at her Oxfam registry.
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The biggest reason given by clients for balking at a conversion is the immediate tax hit.
Predictably, those who are being asked to tie their pay to performance are balking.
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In addition, some international relief organizations are balking at the idea of working under military supervision.
On the health fund, it is the richer states such as Bavaria that are balking.
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Now investors are balking at the idea of a long wait before mouth-watering returns materialise.
That could be a major wrinkle, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi already is balking at this approach.
Even Chinese companies, traditionally more willing to play along with resource nationalism in Latin America, are balking.
Unions are balking at what they see as Kim's tilt away from workers' interests (see story page 30).
Israel is balking at the 13.1% figure, insisting that its security cannot brook more than a single-digit redeployment.
With affiliates ranting and advertisers balking, it seems NBC is finally ready to give up on the 10 p.m.
The union is balking but looking for a way to find common ground.
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With the whole economy now in need of a bail-out, Germany is balking.
She balks when I mention it, but we both know her balking is politeness, not an argument with the truth.
Insurers are balking at paying for "flood damage, " which they differentiate from "hurricane damage" that is caused primarily by wind.
And the nation's leaders are balking at allowing more Special Operations forces inside Pakistan to train the country's security forces.
Some groups within the GOP that prefer ideological purity are balking predictably, accusing Rove, of all things, of being too moderate.
Verlander allowed five runs, while walking two, hitting two batters and balking in a run in his worst outing of the spring.
Republicans in the Senate are balking at the cost of the subsidy to the public, noting that these are difficult economic times.
But with the French balking that would make it very difficult for the U.S. to have any kind of financial leverage over Iran.
But automakers are balking at strong standards, even as Ford and General Motors are posting stellar profits from skyrocketing sales of fuel-efficient cars.
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But companies seem to be balking at the cost--or keeping quiet out of fear they'd only be making it easier for the other side.
The newbies are quickly sniffed out, though, because of their awkward use of 4chan lingo, or for balking at the tasteless language, jokes and images.
Banks are balking at rewriting mortgages, despite incentives to do so.
But some companies are balking at the extra time and expense needed to reach out to Europeans when they can issue bonds relatively cheaply in Hong Kong.
Jennifer Lynn Dalbey, who was balking at signing a joint return, did not present any reason for not doing it other than that she preferred not to.
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The Palestinians, who closely follow this haggle, had been balking.
Georgianna Edwards says a six-week "biggest-loser" challenge she entered with 11 co-workers caused tension when some participants who didn't make progress started criticizing others' diets and balking at weekly weigh-ins.
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