Word: slappingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they decide to wait, the allegations could go unexamined until next spring, by which time Packwood will be well into his 25th year as a United States senator. Furthermore, given the recent history of Senate Ethics Commmittee investigations, Packwood is unlikely to receive more than a slap on the wrist even then...
...fact that they wouldn't hire me after Igraduated is a slap in the face," Blanc said...
...LOOKED TO U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATOR Carla Hills as if six years of tortuous bargaining to reach a global free-trade agreement were about to collapse over a mere hill of beans. Frustrated, she decided to risk it all by announcing that the U.S. would slap 200% tariffs on $300 million worth of European farm exports, notably white wine, if a deal were not concluded in a month. Suddenly, an all-out trade war between the U.S. and Europe seemed imminent...
...torture that parents inflict. When he went on trial for murder last August in Olympia, Washington, Israel Marquez, 17, recited a litany of abuse that began when he was seven years old. His stepfather, a deputy sheriff and martial-arts expert, liked to punch him in the chest and slap him on the head. When he went through a bed-wetting period between the ages of seven and 12, the stepfather beat him with a 2-in.-wide belt. After hearing the boy's tale, the jury found Marquez guilty of the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. He is expected...
...flip through the brochure of Dance Umbrella, multiculturalism and political correctness will slap you in the face. In an age where "diversity" seems to be the key word, Dance Umbrella's boundary-breaking agenda has allowed it to become the largest showcase of contemporary dance in New England...