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frames- The meeting , which *T*-62 is expected *-1 to draw 20,000 to Bangkok , was going *-2 to be held *-61 at the Central Plaza Hotel , but [ARG0 the government] [rel balked] at [ARG1-at the hotel 's conditions for * undertaking necessary expansion] .
- [ARGM-TMP When Warren Winiarski , proprietor of Stag 's Leap Wine Cellars in Napa Valley , announced a $ 75 *U* price tag for his 1985 Cask 23 Cabernet this fall *T*-1] , [ARG0 few wine shops and restaurants around the country] [rel balked] .
- But if the cooperative attitude holds and there is greater consultation on covert activities , the country could be entering an era when such hare-brained schemes are scrapped *-1 before they get off the drawing boards , while risky but well-planned secret operations can be undertaken *-2 without fear that [ARG0 a panicky Congress] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel balk] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Government officials who *T*-1 are urging real-estate reforms] [rel balk] at [ARG1-at the arguments of business leaders] and chafe at their pressure .
- [ARG0 Consumers] , he said 0 *T*-1 , are [rel balking] at [ARG1-at higher prices on 1990 cars] , [ARGM-TMP especially after *-2 seeing the incentive-reduced prices on 1989 models] .
- [ARGM-TMP Only a decade or so ago] , [ARG0 casino managers] [rel balked] at [ARG1-at in-room TV sets and other fripperies that *T*-1 distracted from gambling] .
- [ARG0 Advertisers] [ARGM-TMP already] are [rel balking] at [ARG1-at higher prices] .
- The White House called on Congress *-1 to attach the proposed capital-gains tax cut to its final deficit-reduction bill , but [ARG0 lawmakers] seem likely *-2 to [rel balk] at [ARG1-at the idea] .
- [ARG0 Non-executive directors of Qintex Australia , who *T*-1 must approve payments to the senior executives ,] [rel balked] at [ARG1-at the amount] .
- Some European analysts speculated that [ARG0 officials of Saab 's highly profitable Scania truck operation] [rel balked] at [ARG1-at * surrendering any of their autonomy] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 First Interstate] [rel balked] , [ARGM-ADV *-2 arguing that the figure was too high] *T*-1 , regulators responded by *-3 raising their recommendation to $ 350 million *U* .
- Mr. Guber and Mr. Peters say 0 [ARG0 they] got a look at the books and [rel balked] at [ARG1-at the price] .
- UAL'S STOCK SKIDDED an additional $ 24.875 *U* , to $ 198 *U* , as British Airways indicated 0 [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel balk] at [ARG1-at any hastily revised version of the aborted $ 6.79 billion *U* buy-out of United Air 's parent] .
- The stock of UAL Corp. continued *-2 to be pounded *-1 amid signs that [ARG0 British Airways] [ARGM-MOD may] [rel balk] at [ARG1-at any hasty reformulation of the aborted $ 6.79 billion *U* buy-out of United Airlines ' parent] .
- Yesterday 's selling began after a Japanese news agency reported that [ARG0 Japanese banks] , which *T*-1 [rel balked] at [ARG1-at the first bid] , were ready *-2 to reject a revised version at around $ 250 *U* a share , or $ 5.65 billion *U* .
- But [ARG0 other banks] [rel balked] at [ARG1-at the low interest rate and banking fees 0 the UAL group was willing *-1 to pay them *T*-2] .