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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]  .