Younger voters who lean libertarian recoil from both the budget and the vision.

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Producers frown on screenplays of more than 120 pages, which forces a ruthlessness that many novelists would recoil from.

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They did not recoil from their terrible duty because they knew that the freedom they defended was worth dying and killing for.

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That would be a decided advantage in a general election race, where many independents may recoil from the aggressive Perry or Cain plans.

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Public-opinion samples indicate that, while many Americans are deeply worried about Iran, they recoil from the idea of undertaking any additional combat responsibilities and the associated losses.

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Policy makers recoil from radical solutions to problems of burdensome debt and bloated banks because they worry about setting precedents in one country that could spook investors in another.

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