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There is no mention of mideast diplomacy on the WP front, where the lead is the Senate's repeal yesterday of a $50 billion tax credit for tobacco companies that had been inserted with little fanfare into the budget bill under the prodding of Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott.
Like Volcker, Greenspan was a fierce enemy of inflation who wouldn't prime the pump before an election to help the incumbent (though that didn't stop the Bushies from prodding Greenspan to loosen up).
Similarly, the commission will try to reduce gamblers' access to cash by limiting the size of ATM advances and prodding casinos to remove the machines from their floors.
With prodding from the Gingrich Congress (which also deserves some credit), Clinton has remained faithful to the cause of deficit reduction.
Poking and prodding at contemporary speech and writing, feminists condemn the use of a term identified with one sex or gender to designate all humanity.