After considerable prodding, he parted with one of them: "Hey Staten Island, you're built on a dump!"

Every new director and board chairman has reshaped the Port Authority's role, often with considerable prodding from the Governors.

Only after considerable prodding would he say that such perambulations could account for shoe prints otherwise unexplained.

After considerable prodding, well-heeled friends from Harvard agreed to sponsor Balanchine's immigration to America in 1933.

As it turned out, neither Goldberg nor Janofsky was available, and, after considerable prodding, AP's Hal Bock agreed to conduct the interview.

That's why, after considerable prodding, New York City's Department of Employment last year began trying to place homeless men in permanent jobs.

With considerable prodding from the Soviet leader, this "super presidency" proposal already has been approved by the Supreme Soviet, Parliament's standing chamber.

It agreed, under considerable prodding from Japan's Government, to build a separate system using Motorola technology.

It was only after considerable prodding from the presidential candidate that Foraker agreed to be a delegate, and to place McKinley's name in nomination.

Carson is not exactly willing to talk about her life, and she recites the few details she gives me in the form of data, and only after considerable prodding.