"People you wouldn't expect to put a lot of force on a machine can really crash and bash them about, " says Robert Green, a Dyson senior design engineer.

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Those of you who bash television, you may talk about books on Picasso or Gauguin with people you want to impress.

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It is not surprising, come to think about it, that the birthday bash was rather a damp squib.

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Johnson added that he was "perfectly within his rights to have a bash at me" after he was quizzed about being fired from The Times for making up a quote while working as a journalist.

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If your purpose is to bash Bush, what else is there to write about?

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Clinton was asked if she condoned personal criticisms her supporters have levied at Giuliani, such as jokes made about his appearance at last Monday's Broadway bash for Mrs.

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Even in the midst of The Onion tweeting a vulgar term during the Academy Awards about 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis, there was still time to bash Hathaway.

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