It may be true that he has more tolerant instincts than some rivals in the Kremlin, and that he is less obviously in hock to the siloviki.
Japanese find that being in hock has its advantages: corporate Pooh-Bahs do not have to worry about paying high dividends or showing plump profits to keep Stockholders happy.
Are consumers too deep in hock? A lot of observers think so.
According to the pawn on the staff, now in hock to business families, a car is more of pawning goods and housing.
I'm in hock to the tune of 5000.
Beginning in the late 1990s Allen became one of the biggest payroll spenders in the NBA, despite the fact that Portland was the eighth-smallest market and deep in hock on the arena.
We're in hock to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing.
It was spring, and our padded clothes had just been placed in hock.
It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another.
Jim: I know, and now I'm in hock.
Her jewellery is all in hock.
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