In a 1970s organized-crime trial, the late Norman Ostrow cross-examined Jimmy "The Weasel" Frattiano, a government cooperator who had admitted to a number of grisly murders.
Then, after a version of 'Pop Goes the Weasel' involving paper bags, an enthusiastic Gerard Le Fevre and an audience attempting to sing "increasingly operatic", we had the interval.
This compares nicely with the Dow (down 8%), the Nasdaq (up 99%) and even the rabid weasel Nasdaq 100 (up 113%) over the same period.
So if Scotland were to become independent, all other things being equal (the ghastly weasel words again), they might either refuse to lend to RBS or charge prohibitively expensive interest rates for doing so.
Plenty of people and pundits are outraged that Pennsylvania looks like it is trying to weasel out of the penalties.
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For those few readers who do not yet know, Beanie Babies are sleek cloth animals about the size of a small weasel, loosely stuffed with small plastic pebbles.
Romney is trying to weasel his way into the presidency, saying what he thinks people want to hear, and consistently sending mixed messages to cover all his bases.
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As a result, weasel-words can destroy the effectiveness of an immunity or safe harbor.
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Genworth managed to weasel out of inclusion in the ban with its long term care insurance product.
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From 1947 through 1967, the year before the U.S. began to weasel out of its commitment to dollar-gold convertibility, unemployment averaged only 4.7% and never rose above 7%.
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It did not help that the trainer, who was, I think, aptly described as a weasel, had actually saved needles and used bandages, whatever else paraphernalia he used over the years.
Congress is anxious about this too, but uses weasel words that are likely to allow the deal to go forward.
The Tories would have done exactly the same of course, and Mr Howard's weasel suggestion that they would not is a nonsense recognised by all.
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With that thought, the Beer Geek Brunch was born, an imperial oatmeal stout that has a roasted, chocolaty flavour thanks to the addition of Vietnamese ca phe chon, known colloquially as weasel or cat poo coffee.
With his wide-brimmed hat, weasel grin and Texan drawl, Larry Hagman made JR Ewing one of the world's greatest soap icons.
Let's hope these aren't weasel words, whereby we turn a blind eye to other nations' supplying the funds.
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