Despite the balky start, pen computing will happen. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolution That Wasn't] Reference
It ain't no wonder boys is bad, an 'balky as a mule. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
His insides were probably in their usual balky state. From Wordnik.com. [Cum Grano Salis] Reference
He found a way to get a balky Congress to do his will. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Promiscuity] Reference
And then Osi, (whose balky hip) we are going to have to manage. From Wordnik.com. [The Answer Man: That's the Giants' Coughlin] Reference
The human spine is a wondrous piece of machinery -- and a balky one. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Back Ache] Reference
Clinton needs the balky chairman on more important matters, like NATO expansion. From Wordnik.com. [A Bare-Knuckled Brawl] Reference
That question now haunts Rubin, who is desperately trying to persuade a balky U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Show Them The Money] Reference
Ice is tricky at first -- throws you like a balky horse till you get the hang of it. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
There is a quicker process that will generally start a balky horse, but not so sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses] Reference
This may be a bit of a balky metaphor, but actors have this thing called "rehearsal.". From Wordnik.com. [JournoList Flap: A Ton Of Indictments In Search Of A Crime] Reference
"I'm not altogether up to the mark, if it comes to tinkering with a big, balky motor.". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
"It sounds as if you wanted a horse, or something of that sort, that might prove balky.". From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
The usual way is to buy votes by larding up a bill with projects dear to balky congressmen. From Wordnik.com. [Buying Off The Black Caucus] Reference
They also gave brief speeches into a balky mic explaining how they'd crafted their concoctions. From Wordnik.com. [Jim O'Grady: Art You Can Eat -- An Edible Sculpture Contest] Reference
Will the iTunes store prevail over balky content holders like NBC who want more pricing control?. From Wordnik.com. [How Apple’s iPhone Ate The New iPods] Reference
Perhaps you could find a balky mimeograph machine, or press a reel-to-reel tape recorder into use. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
Over the past three seasons, Parker missed time with a fractured fibula, a bad knee and a balky toe. From Wordnik.com. [Past means nothing to Redskins star running backs Clinton Portis, Willie Parker and Larry Johnson] Reference
When the luck seems balky, and the trade is rocky, that's the time to whistle, that's the time to grin!. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
Spragins took four months just to design her survey-and to persuade balky HMOs to open up their records. From Wordnik.com. [Top Prizes For Top Reporters] Reference
Graham and his Democratic colleagues are irritated because they say that the CIA is balky and unresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Struggle] Reference
The cells are balky outside the body, but scientists are learning to generate normal liver tissue in culture. From Wordnik.com. [Replacement Parts] Reference
There are a host of tough decisions to come involving balky allies and dubious surrogate forces on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Chemistry In The War Cabinet] Reference
When a mule is once going, it is just as stubborn about stopping as it is about being started if it feels balky. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference
When a horse is balky see that the harness does not hurt him, and that the load is not too heavy for him to draw. From Wordnik.com. [Friends and Helpers] Reference
The next morning they went for a load of wood, and as they left the woods the horse got balky and wouldn't move an inch. From Wordnik.com. [To Infidelity and Back] Reference
We passed our wagons in a terrible plight: some upset, some with balky mules, some stuck in the mud, and some broken down. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
Shanahan said after the session that Haynesworth's balky knee prevented him from taking the test for the fourth straight day. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Haynesworth: Status quo] Reference
If the Wolves could win the next contest on signaling -- But he wasn't going to think of that, now that Tim had become balky. From Wordnik.com. [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference
There is talk McChrystal may get another deputy to handle day-to-day affairs with the increasingly balky European contingents. From Wordnik.com. [Can Gates Turn It Around?] Reference
They filmed the candidate and raced to the airport, where they missed a flight while McKinnon screamed at balky security guards. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
The White House is hoping that balky moderates will feel they cannot afford to say no to health reform on a simple up-down vote. From Wordnik.com. [All Or Nothing On Health Care] Reference
The military's insistence on going in massively or not at all has made it a balky, perhaps overly cautious force in recent years. From Wordnik.com. [Evil In The Cross Hairs] Reference
Walk them about together for some time as slowly and lazily as possible; stop often, and go up to your balky horse and gentle him. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses] Reference
The candidate remained balky, and by August he'd gone through three campaign managers — all before he was officially in the race. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete and Utter Buzz Kill] Reference
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