Word: whips
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...they'll do anything to win. Paying rival con trade to lose is common and jockeys are encouraged to whip their horses--and their opponents...
...says he is "the only real Democrat," a choice and not an echo, and calls for "a candidate who can take on George Bush and whip...
Jeremiah Kissel, with his awe-inspiring sideburns and jutting jaw, makes and impressive Crampton, the dentist's landlord and the feminist's long-lost husband. The image of a man unable to handle change, he is belligerently ill-at-ease in an era where the whip can no longer be used to sort out family disputes. Unfortunately, Kissel is a little less convincing when he drops his chronic grumbling in favor of a sentimental attitude...
...other than pity, for why Japan should liberalize its economic system to reduce its trade surplus with the U.S. With a carping chorus of car executives and a patronizing lecture from Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, the Bush visit became the free- trade version of Jerry Ford's WIN (for Whip Inflation Now) buttons...
Politicians rushed forward with nearly a dozen rival plans, including a move by Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York to revive his long- standing proposal to cut Social Security taxes. Not to be outdone by the Democrats, Senate Republican Phil Gramm of Texas and House minority whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia introduced wide-ranging legislation that repeated the Bush Administration's cherished call for reduced capital gains taxes. But a skeptical public remained unimpressed by all the ballyhoo and maneuvering. In a TIME/CNN poll by the firm Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week, 77% of the 500 adults surveyed...