This is actually what the mention, in his Principles, of hyenas savaging a wildebeest was about.

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Or savaging defense, which Governor Romney claims he actually wants to increase spending on.

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MPs at Westminster are busy savaging the government and accuses Mr Wallace of being a Labour mouthpiece.

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An associate describes her as "tired" and eager to avoid the kind of public savaging Lewinsky has suffered.

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Yet savaging the finance gurus involves trashing the financial services industry, which heavily advertises on television on radio.

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So is Mrs Harris really a partisan whose savaging by Mr Gore's in-house rottweilers and flaying by the Supreme Court is justified punishment?

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At some point, in order to get their own experts on the stand, might have to dial down amount of time they spend savaging Apple.

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Let businesses recover fully from that savaging recession on their own.

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In America, the so-called new atheists--most prominently Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins--don't need to think twice about ridiculing religious beliefs or savaging the most powerful priest or pastor.

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