Word: pigged
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...economy," had developed a symbol to tell the story. Bab-cock's "Unimal" is a queer creature with the face of a calf, the crest of a rooster, the forequarters of a sheep, the udder of a cow, the wings of a turkey and the hindquarters of a pig (see cut). The critter represents a composite of the kind of products farmers should raise more of and consumers should eat more...
Last week, in a record-breaking turnout, Graham won a precarious victory. He polled 295,000 votes to 245,000 for Corporation Lawyer Willis Smith. But Robert R. .("Buncombe Bob") Reynolds and a pig breeder named Olla Ray Boyd had polled a total of 62,000 votes between them-enough to deny Graham a majority and to force a runoff next month if Smith demanded it. Smith probably would...
These and other rumors of corruption in government circles have hurt Quirino's prestige. Last week, shortly after Manila's tabloid Star Reporter referred to him as "our beloved President . . . who is growing fat like a pig on public taxes," Quirino showed concern for public opinion and appointed his vigorously critical Vice President, Fernando Lopez, to investigate corruption in the government...
...Like a Pig." Confidence in the government has been slipping during the past ten months. The public learned about the government's growing deficit for the first time last July. Now bankers expect that by the end of 1950 the deficit will be more than $200 million, ten times the deficit of June...
...accept the fact that the cities of Italy "are not museums." Burgeoning with the exuberance that makes every Italian "a great, bursting bag of life," these cities have from time immemorial massacred their own beauties, thrown out long sprays of indiscriminate architectural splendor and ugliness-"gems set in pig-iron...