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According to the Washington Post , "Officials tried to determine the sex of the second beaver, but the animal did not seem to appreciate the prodding."
It seems to me that his next challenge is to get Hopkins to shut up, since with relatively little prodding the ex-mute wild man launches into a stream of resonant orations about life among the silverbacks: "Did they think of me?
One scenario has her prodding the gullible young woman to write the TP so she, Tripp, could get physical evidence of obstruction of justice.
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).
With prodding from the Gingrich Congress (which also deserves some credit), Clinton has remained faithful to the cause of deficit reduction.