1.   My own whip was a perfect gentleman, but it was really other colleagues who got really nasty.

2.   At right is Democratic whip, Nancy Pelosi, who is also a member of the committee.

3.   A strong right-handed whip had always been a Howard trademark, but not any more.

4.   But it is not clear that the whip was any more active on these measures than he was on dozens of other bills before the House that year.

5.   That whip was a slice-open cut of pain.

6.   The dress was ugly and the prune whip was nasty.

7.   The majority whip is Don Nickles of Oklahoma, a nominal Southerner who votes as if he is from deep in the heart of Dixie.

8.   The whip is the party disciplinarian, responsible for mustering votes either in favor of or in opposition to legislation.

9.   The whip is the third highest position within the House majority leadership.

10.   There are no whips.