Meanwhile Sky has been rapped for broadcasting a scene during World Wrestling Entertainment, which was found to be unsuitable for children.

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And after Derek rapped a forecast for the coming weekend, they declared they would sack bandmate Maggot to make way for him as their new member.

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Government debt and expenditure remain stubbornly high, and Italy has been repeatedly rapped on the knuckles by Brussels for failing to keep within the parameters of the Euro stability pact.

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Liu was a vocal critic of a scandal-marred city payroll-technology project and has rapped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration for not reaching new labor agreements with many unionized city employees whose contracts have expired.

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Instead of extending a hand to Italy, Spain and Portugal, Ms. Merkel rapped them on the knuckles, delivering a stern lecture on the need for more austerity among prodigal members of the European Union.

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Siddle then rapped Shivnarine Chanderpaul on the pads before Johnson and Watson combined again to dismiss Dwayne Bravo for a second-ball duck.

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He recently rapped the knuckles of the U.S. Attorney's office pursuing the case for improper interference in arm-twisting KPMG into refusing to pay the legal fees of its employees.

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