The House passed the $56 billion arms bill, 348 to 2.* Few bills have been voted by such a big majority with so little certainty; Congressmen knew they were buying an enormous pig in a poke—a pig ...

Support among Fargo voters for a new public library building is so strong that voters happily bought a pig in a poke when they voted a few months ago for a library sales tax. We say that with ...

“As a southerner by marriage, I appreciate that region’s colorful expressions. One applies nicely to New Hampshire’s school voucher program: “Don’t buy a pig in a poke.” It first appeared in an ...

Once again we are being offered a ballistic-missile-pig- in-a-national-defense poke. This time the proposal being considered by the Clinton administration is much reduced from the missile defense ...

According to Wikipedia, “a pig in a poke is a thing that is bought without first being inspected and thus of unknown authenticity or quality.” Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as ...

To the Editor: As a Southerner by marriage, I appreciate that region’s colorful expressions. One applies nicely to New Hampshire’s school voucher program: “Don’t buy a pig in a poke.” It first ...

Re: the home rule charter proposal, the Government Study Commission has failed to make its case. The lack of specific benefits suggests a "pig in a poke" analogy. The GSC hasn't answered, specifically ...

When I was in high school, an old southern gentleman taught me that a good rule to live by is “Never buy a pig in a poke!” (what that means is “Never buy a pig in a sack”). In the Sunday, July 24, ...

Regarding Harold Kelly’s letter in last week’s Windham Journal, Mr. Kelly alludes to the premise of the election of Congressmen every two years. The Founding Fathers in their wisdom established in the ...