Even media studies, long the butt of every joke about useless academic qualifications, has smartened up its act.

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New York's victory was a huge boon for the franchise, which had long been the butt of jokes after a dismal decade of basketball in the nation's largest market.

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Charles Royce , for instance, was not long ago the butt of jokes, with his old-fashioned bow tie and his old-fashioned focus on solid companies with good track records (FORBES, Apr. 29).

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The tournament did feature current Diva Champion Kaitlyn, although her match was a record 20 seconds long as Rosa Mendes kicked her virtual butt in the game.

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It was a disappointing end for Pakistan, whose batsmen - with the exception of Butt - lacked the discipline required to bat for long periods.

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The last time England and Pakistan met in a test series, it fell under the long, dark shadow of the match-fixing antics of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.

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It wasn't too long ago that the first jogger's girth made him the butt of late-night TV jokes, like when comedian Arsenio Hall marked the anniversary of the Big Mac.

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This long-time tobacco bull recommends discarding Philip Morris International like a soggy cigarette butt and viewing the rest of the sector with skepticism.

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