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  • I decided, given the rather sad state of the bowl contents, that I might as well just go whole-hog and roast everything I picked, as well as a languishing half-onion in our crisper.

    Just Call Me "Garden Ninja" Sarah 2009

  • Just take a day off, but do it on a weekday and do it whole-hog.

    2010 May | Johnny B. Truant 2010

  • Lace is expensive and utterly traditional, yet it's being put to use in a modern, whole-hog way, such as a hoop-shaped lace skirt from Yohji Yamamoto or Valentino's winter coat with lace stitched over a more substantial fabric.

    New Life for the Historic Art of Lace-Making Christina Binkley 2011

  • I decided, given the rather sad state of the bowl contents, that I might as well just go whole-hog and roast everything I picked, as well as a languishing half-onion in our crisper.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Sarah 2009

  • Oh! And also, just trimming the bangs is SO MUCH DIFFERENT than going whole-hog and cutting all the curls off.

    Hey There, Delilah | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Investors who went whole-hog into technology stocks during the dot-com bubble got hammered when it popped; today's sideline-sitter, conversely, might be missing out on low-priced stocks as they wait until they are more comfortable.

    To Be a Winning Investor, Know the Risks Chuck Jaffe 2010

  • A STOCK CAR After a career that brought her millions in endorsements but just a single victory on the track, Danica Patrick will jump whole-hog into stock-car racing in 2012 with 10 starts in Nascar's Sprint Cup.

    A Primer for 2012: Tiger, Danica and Olympic Glory Matthew Futterman 2011

  • So they “sold out” and began a heavy ‘retro’ marketing and design effort that specifically took the ‘outlaw’ image — Brando and The Wild Ones — and sold it whole-hog (pun intended) to suburbia: affluent, young, yuppie riders with squeaky-clean police records and gobs of liquid recreational cash, who wanted to play at being ‘tough’ or ‘outlaw’ on the weekends without having to be part of an actual biker gang.

    The Vanishing/Vanished Midlist? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010

  • In any case, the Carb Lovers book doesn't recommend going whole-hog on carbs: Portion control is key, as are calories, which in the initial phase of this diet total just 1,200 per day and go up to 1,600.

    Incorporating bread into a weight-loss diet Jennifer Larue Huget 2010

  • Hmmm, looks like somebody above has been chugging the Beck-tea-bag, whole-hog.

    Think Progress » Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Suggests Fox Viewers ‘Make A Call To Massachusetts’ To Help Scott Brown Win 2010

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