Word: hogged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with curves and scoops that echo past roadsters, the Viper reeks of speed. Underneath the hood is Chrysler's most powerful engine, an eight-liter V-10 that can explode from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 4.5 sec. While some environmentalists argue that the car is an energy hog, its overall performance has impressed auto enthusiasts. "The Viper makes your lips curl, and your eyes bulge with the terror of taking such a beast to the edge," gushes Guide to Muscle Cars magazine...
...this in a state with only one interstate, no national sports teams and a hog for its university's mascot. And all this during the Reagan years, when federal aid to states and cities was subject to draconian cuts--cuts that made it impossible for most governors to win two terms, let alone five...
...services organization, the United Way of America does not raise much money itself. Instead, it is supported by dues of the 2,100 - chapters around the nation that perform the lion's share of the fund raising and giving. The unseemly image of charity officials living high on the hog threatened to dampen future donations and tarnish the squeaky-clean image of the nation's premier nonreligious charity. By the middle of last week, more than 15 chapters -- including some of the nation's largest, those in San Francisco and New York -- had moved to withhold their annual dues...
That's because in the 10-squareyard pen inhabited by the Redskins' offensive line, Schelerth is still an apprentice Hog...
...such thing as a "distinctively native American criminal class, except Congress." In 1906 Henry Adams, whose own father and grandfather had served in the House of Representatives, somewhat disapprovingly quoted a Cabinet member as follows: "You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout...