That's when analysts like Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget and Citigroup's Jack Grubman were found to have issued buy recommendations on tech stocks (which they had bashed in e-mails) at the behest of investment bankers looking to rake in fees.

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In repose, its heavy, squared-off mass seems to have been sculpted by Epstein or Gaudier-Brzeska, while the clean curve of nose and brow offers the pagan profile not of a movie actor but of a Greek wrestler, bashed in life and purified in marble.

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But, in a state of nerves, he bashed it with all his strength, bringing the performance abruptly to a premature end.

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On the personal level, I was hoping to find some relief for my ailing right shoulder, which I bashed badly decades ago as a seaman, second class, in the U.S. Navy.

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Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) : One of the most controversial stocks in the market, this weight loss and nutritional supplement firm has been bashed by well-known hedge fund manager Bill Ackman as a sort of pyramid scheme business and defended by others, including fellow hedge fund guru Carl Icahn.

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