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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

pork / pôrk/ • n. 1. the flesh of a pig used as food, esp. when uncured. 2. short for pork barrel. • v. 1. [tr.] vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with. 2. [intr.] inf. stuff oneself with food; overeat: I porked out on the roast pig.


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Pork barrel for national progress?(Opinion & Editorial)
; ANY suggestion to scrap the pork barrel in the national budget would sound like...Senator Panfilo Lacson directly blamed the pork barrel provision in the budget for the rampant...committed by legislators. * * * Under the pork barrel fund a senator is entitled to identify... Read more
Palace welcomes pork barrel junking; Denies claim it is plannning to tax millions of OFWs.(Main News)
; ...the House of Representatives to forego pork barrel funds for its members next year. The...a multi-party consensus to drop the pork barrel system and instead adopt a line-item...According to Bunye, the scrapping of pork barrel funds in next years budget is part of... Read more
Pork barrel is evil -- Ping.(Metro & National News)
; ...called on the people to condemn the pork barrel system, saying it is a rich source of...recent move in the House reinstating the pork barrel to its original amount after being drastically...proposed 2007 budget. The senators' pork barrel was also restored to R200 million from... Read more
Pork barrel battle continues: President may alienate Congress with
; Filipino Express, The 09-06-1998 Pork barrel battle continues: President may alienate...abolish its jealously guarded war chest of pork barrel spending, analysts said on Aug. 25...provision for the socalled congressional "pork barrel," a pool of state funds members of Congress... Read more
Pork Barrel reforms.(Opinion & Editorial)
; ...maligned system of political largesse, or pork barrel which picturesquely conjures wooden...his credibility. Truth to tell, the pork barrel cannot be abolished as these congressional...Constitution is finally amended, the pork barrel system will inevitably be devolved directly... Read more
News and Views; Pork Barrel Grants: Tidbits for Black Colleges
; ...colleges and universities. These so-called pork barrel spending outlays are customarily added...As in the past, some of this year's pork barrel grants are downright silly. This year...Agriculture to study shrimp aquaculture. These pork barrel outlays are in addition to ... Read more
News and Views: Black Colleges Are Getting the Scraps of Congressional Pork Barrel Grants
; ...colleges and universities. These so-called pork barrel spending outlays are customarily added...their libraries. But some of this year's pork barrel grants are downright silly. The University...commercially cultivated ornamental fish. These pork barrel outlays are in addition to ... Read more
Solons to line up for 'pork barrel'
; ...The 04-04-1999 Solons to line up for `pork barrel' Congressmen will have to line up for their pork barrel after Holy Week because whatever funds...decision to give first crack at the pork barrel to the senators in the release of infrastructure... Read more
LARD OR LUBRICANT? PORK BARREL JUST A GREASY MESS.(Viewpoint)
; ...budget. That means that it has been pork barrel time, when taxpayers have been made...important underlying question about pork barrel spending: Is it an essential lubricant...good? The essential-lubricant view of pork barrel spending is the justification usually... Read more
BAYH INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO REDUCE PORK BARREL SPENDING
; ...Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Pork Barrel Spending Contact: Dan Pfeiffer / Meg...Bayh called the introduction of the Pork Barrel Reduction Act an important step toward...common sense to Washington." Currently, pork barrel spending is routinely added at the last... Read more

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