I'm not going to buy a pig in a poke.

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On the other hand, Kozlowski also had a knack for putting lipstick on a pig--not to mention putting his hands in the till.

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Jamaica was not the ideal guinea-pig for such a system.

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The commission is infuriated that it was not alerted earlier and that, by June 9th, it had still not even been given a list of beef and pig farms that might have received contaminated feed.

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Doctor Phillips said that the team of scientists utilised a transgene that confers on the pig the ability to digest phosphorus in a way normal pigs could not.

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After some urged an investigation into a potential link to thousands of pig carcasses found floating in a river, agricultural officials said they tested pig carcass samples and did not find any bird viruses.

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H1N1 is a more appropriate label for this flu, because a direct link from pig to human has not been established, according to Professor Marie Gramer's who studies swine disease at the University of Minnesota.

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It also does not hurt that they heated the chorizo appetizer tableside on a flaming, pig-shaped casserole of traditional Portuguese pottery.

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And then of course there's the charge that when he said putting lipstick on a pig he was referring to Sarah Palin, which seems to not to be supported by the evidence.

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