Word: slap
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...taught to slap the free-throw shooter’s hand regardless of whether or not he hits the free-throw...
...adds stylistic touches with her crafty camera work. Split-screen frames and smooth transitions are evidence of Parise’s creativity. Nevertheless, no amount of artistic flair can rescue the film from a handful of unnecessary and downright nonsensical scenes—such as a slap fight between Jack and his best friend, a moment that’s neither humorous nor important to the plot. Though a few superfluous lines are expected in any film, the already short 89-minute “Jack and Jill vs. the World” digresses too far with a tangential storyline...
...responded to Lee by getting personal. A recent editorial in the Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper, called him a "political charlatan" and "a pro-U.S. stooge," and warned of "catastrophic consequences" due to his new policies. "The North Koreans are asking how hard they have to slap Lee until they push him back on the Sunshine road," says Nicholas Eberstadt, a North Korea expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. Lee has shown no intention of changing his mind. Kim, Lee's national-strategy secretary, calmly dismisses the North's rhetoric...
...pumps showed Japan's desire for cheaper gas. But come May, when 60 days will have passed since the proposal of the tax revisions, the Lower House can approve the bill with a two-thirds majority. The DPJ says that if the LDP does this, then they could slap a formal reprimand against Fukuda. And last November, when the bill to renew Japan's anti-terrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean became a point of contention, the DPJ also suggested a reprimand and opposition party leader Ichiro Ozawa left for a trip to China with his senior advisors...
...slap was felt acutely by everyone at the convention. No more free dinners, shoulder bags, flashlights and pens. Way fewer models in leotards draped across operating tables and traction equipment. A new ruling requires every research presentation to begin with full disclosure of all monetary relationships the speaker has with any company. Every single fully trained doctor I heard speak was getting paid by a company; many of the bigger-name doctors were getting paid by three or four. How much money was still the subject of gossip - the exact amount is not required to be broadcast in these podium...