Word: hogg
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...DOUGLAS HOGG As Agriculture Secretary, Hogg put in for $3,000 for a moat at his estate and $22,000 for home services. He says he didn't want taxpayers to foot the moat bill...
...Although Cameron's response to the public outrage has been deft, his own party has suffered collateral damage. He lost his senior adviser, Andrew MacKay, over revelations that MacKay and his MP wife submitted overlapping claims for their housing. Tory grandee Douglas Hogg announced today that he will stand down at the next election, after billing the public purse for maintenance of his moated Lincolnshire mansion. And there's evidence that all three main parties - Labour, Conservatives (Tory) and Liberal Democrats - could feel the backlash against Westminster's culture of venality at the European and local elections scheduled for June...
...faced Opposition leader Kevin Rudd. Knowing that task would be even tougher if Howard could be distracted by a tough contest on his home turf, Labor announced in February that its candidate in Bennelong would be Maxine McKew, a distinguished, high-profile former television journalist. The partner of Bob Hogg, a former national secretary of the Labor Party, McKew still doesn't get close to Howard for political experience; but her charm, eloquence and good looks make her a formidable candidate, and she's forced the Prime Minister to spend more time pressing the flesh in Bennelong than...
...accompanying his recent album Bo$$ Hogg Barbarians, rapper J-Zone sits in his studio and answers fans’ questions. After he answers a question about what a vagina would say if it could shrink itself, the interviewer says, “The next question is from Christopher. He goes to Harvard…” “Oh shit!” J-Zone interjects. “You actually have Harvard kids listening to my records? Are you trying to bring down your IQ by listening to my music? That’s scary! A Harvard...
...slow-paced, and while it’s not in faux-documentary style like “The Office,” it is not quite a sitcom, either. There’s no laugh track, and there are moments, like some of those at Wernham Hogg Paper Merchants, when the show feels like a full-fledged drama. It takes a little bit of time to get used to. But just watch Andy’s monologue at a Catholic discussion group, and you’ll be sold. The humor, while sometimes more offensive than that...