German Banks are balking at writing off Greek debt.
We cannot accept the act of splitting the country or balking.
PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi, while balking at big cross-shareholdings, are keen to deepen their ties.
I asked him to sit down and he, after balking a second, sat quietly in the chair with his hands sandwiched by two legs, nervously twisting his fingers.
Everyone presumes that NBC has Dana Carvey waiting in the wings if Letterman bolts. But, says an NBC executive, "that's a long way from a lock." For openers, Carvey is balking.
The deal is not yet done. Israel is still balking over a handful of Hamas terrorists with a lot of blood on their hands, and wants to send some West Bankers to Gaza and deport others.
When the trend turns up, it will be weak, with continued high unemployment discouraging consumers from spending and businesses balking at major purchases until they ve cleared their books of debt.
