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slap
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War is no simple matter, and imperfect policies are the price we pay for slapping down threats before they can hurt us.
EDITORIAL TIME FOR CANDOR STRAIGHT-TALKING FROM THE BUSH ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
But occasionally slapping down a successful entrepreneur does.
Straining at gnats, swallowing camels by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
And surely the Parker executives must have noted the flaccid way every Monopoly game ends--not with a dramatic slapping down of cards or the toppling of a king, but with the toting up of cash and property values.
Keeping up with the Simses: from Monopoly to cyberspace. (Culture ... by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal
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