Word: hounding
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...White House aides dismiss the criticism as the usual whining of a messy and undisciplined Congress. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley, who insisted on the smaller $350 billion price tag for any tax package that comes out of his tax-writing committee, is dismissed as a headline hound. Majority Leader Frist, who allowed the budget to pass that limits the size of the cut, is portrayed as a newbie rolled by his more experienced colleagues. " (Budget Chairman Don) Nickles wanted a budget before recess" says a White House official involved in selling the tax plan, "and Frist gave...
...HOUND AND THE JURY...
...dividends, is getting the silent treatment from what is typically a core source of support for this White House: the business world. The last time the idea was raised, during Ronald Reagan's 1986 tax-reform effort, big corporations actively fought it because they didn't want shareholders to hound them for dividends when they would rather invest the money elsewhere. This time most companies have kept quiet--in part, congressional sources say, because they fear getting on the wrong side of a White House that is known to have a long memory. "The White House is pressuring them," says...
...It’s a hard job to hound him,” Dunphy said of Harvey. “I think he’s a terrific player, very good scorer and a constant mover out there. Those are hard guys to defend. But I think Schiff is a pretty good athlete and the size seemingly helps us as well...
...dyed jet-black to look better on camera, he wishes a speedy recovery to Sullivan, recently injured in a car accident. He sings ballads, mostly, and behaves himself from the waist down, mostly. For a second he shouts, "You ain't nothin'..." as if to launch into the heretical "Hound Dog," but that's just a goof; he stops and quickly grins. At the end of his final appearance, Elvis offers a prayer for the viewers: "May God bless ya, as He's blessed...