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The in-the-pocket awareness is transferring to the out-of-pocket awareness of when you can and you can't [do something].

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers presents stiff challenge to defense Jason Reid 2010

He needs to realize this oil spill is a game changing event and their in-the-pocket Republican senators and congressional reps will not be able to save them. richard in Montana

Senator: BP CEO balks at paying damages beyond $75 million cap 2010

Hopefully, they are beyond that now and will start pounding McCain as the traditional, in-the-pocket of lobbyists Republican that he is and destroy his "maverick" image.

Poll: As Conventions Approach, Dems Trouncing GOP In Image, Party I.D. 2009

It seems, in my view, that they all are pretty much - if not "in-the-pocket" - certainly ideological allies of the insurance industry.

Allison Kilkenny: Healthcare Exec Turned Whistleblower Thinks America Needs Universal Coverage 2009

He mixes bent melodies with in-the-pocket grooves, then drops in the pop ephemera: turntable scratching, roboto vocals, hand claps and finger snaps.

SNAP JUDGMENT: MUSIC 2007

Instead, it finds frontman JC Brooks singing about ways to deal with life's doldrums, leavened by an infectious pop-soul groove and Kevin Marks' in-the-pocket drums.

NPR Topics: News 2011

She drips with confidence and power, and dances with the same in-the-pocket spontaneity as the band, trilling and improvising as couples and singles fill the dance floor.

StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

Friday and Saturday Mr. Payton, the gifted postbop trumpeter, has lately been leading a group with Fender Rhodes piano, bass, drums and percussion, addressing a roughly equal proportion of forward-tilt swing and in-the-pocket groove.

NYT > Home Page 2011

On both sessions, as with his other great guitar tandems, Ellis quickly worked into an airy, simpatico rapport, comping resolutely and balancing fleet solos with in-the-pocket blues statements.

Articles - JazzTimes Evan Haga 2010

However, for lovers of U2's first couple of '00s albums, the beautiful gem "Magnificent" boasts the intoxicating mix of Bono's emotive vocals and The Edge's shimmering guitar layered against the in-the-pocket bass playing of Adam Clayton and drumming of Larry Mullen Jr.

Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories 2009