Date:  Mon, 8 Jan 1996 21:29:21 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: Budge



Having had to budge from time to time, as a department head, when the Provost

pushed hard enough, I would say that <budge> is not a negative-polarity item,

but it clearly implies, when not accompanied by the negative, some resistance

to willing movement, so there is an inherent negative implication.

    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)