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...most carefully reasoned dissections of the New Federalism came from Vermont's Republican Governor Richard Snelling, chairman of the National Governors' Association. While the U.S. should not return to "the pork barrel and grant-in-aid grab bag" that had characterized federal-state relations in the 1970s, Snelling said, neither should "our sacred union of states become a confederation of competitors in which only the footloose can flourish." He assailed Reagan's contention that a person who does not like governmental programs in one state should "vote with his feet" by moving to another. He also criticized...
...gain of 19% over last year. Increases were also reported by Kentucky Fried Chicken, the second largest American chain in sales, as well as by Wendy's and Burger King. And to keep sales up, McDonald's has prepared still another addition to its menu, a barbecued pork sandwich, which is being tested in 65 restaurants. The firm that produced the Big Mac, the Egg McMuffin, McChicken and Chicken McNuggets has named the new pork sandwich McRib...
...even go beyond the political damage to Ronald Reagan. A close reading of Stockman's remarks reveals what the most cynical political observers have always maintained: that political expediency, not theory or fair-minded, judgment, dictates the shaping of economic policy. Stockman painted a lurid picture of unprincipled compromise, pork-barrel greed, and cowardice in the face of interest group pressure. As he neatly summed it up. Washington is a place where it doesn't make too much sense to "believe in the momentum theory...I believe in institutional inertia. Two months of response can't beat fifteen years...
...quite elegant. Torta Pasqualina, the Italian Easter pie from Liguria, is made with 33 layers of dough to symbolize Christ's age at his death. And there is Beautiful Aurora's Pillow, a pastry puffed up by the immortal Brillat-Savarin that combines pheasant, veal, pork, foie gras, Cognac and truffles, which might be accompanied by pinaattiohukaiset, a Finnish spinach pancake that is far easier to eat than pronounce...
...news conference, he referred to having grown up on a farm, in order to introduce his metaphor of "a visit to the woodshed" that characterized his discussion with the President. That same farm upbringing may also explain why in the Atlantic interviews he remarked on "bullish forces," "pork barrels," "sacred cows," the closing of a program "cold turkey," the taking "something out of Boeing's hide," as well as citing certain Southerners as "boll weevils," certain Republicans as "gypsy moths," and certain others as "piranhas...