It takes the meaning of being slapped on the wrist to a whole new level.
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It was a sloppy user interface slapped on machines assembled by a hodgepodge of companies.
Which is why higher taxes are often slapped on cigarettes, gasoline, sugary drinks and the like.
Countrywide and companies like it had a pervasive culture of cheating, and they've been slapped on the wrist.
The real question is whether its near-term difficulties justify the discount Wall Street has slapped on its shares.
India and Pakistan got slapped on the wrist for a couple of months.
Nearly 13 years ago Congress slapped on income caps for contributions to IRAs.
For more than a decade McCain has been a leader in preventing new taxes from being slapped on the Internet.
If the devices survive, they're sent back to the manufacturers for minor modifications before the "Imagistics" name is slapped on.
Just weeks before, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reversed a lifetime ban from the securities industry the NASD had slapped on him.
It turned out this dealer was consigning the work through the New York seller, who had slapped on the whopping markup.
The breaks are often slapped on a must-pass bill at the end of the year, before Congress wraps up its work.
Then they slapped on import duties against German automobiles and other items.
Middle-class Algerians bought so many imported Renault, Peugeot and Hyundai cars that the government slapped on a sales tax to reduce traffic jams.
The Turks claim to have lost tens of billions of dollars in trade revenues because of economic sanctions slapped on Iraq after the Gulf war.
Greenberg copied the shoe and slapped on the name L.A. Gear.
"Obviously, we have to make free throws, especially myself, " said Pondexter, who was slapped on his right arm by Jackson on his attempt at the tying 3-pointer.
Imported cars, for example, have multiple taxes slapped on them.
Hundreds of cease-and-desist letters were slapped on competing studio owners.
They have managed to compete successfully with rich-country farmers who receive large subsidies, despite the windfall tax of up to 23% that the government slapped on exports after the devaluation.
With such a barrage of eco-messages slapped on products these days even McDougall concedes that "the six sins of greenwashing" might be too much for consumers to remember when out shopping.
The IRS denied it and slapped on big penalties.
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In the same way that wafer-thin tech and telecom firms became massively valued, whopping price tags were slapped on intangible media assets - and companies are now having to pay for that carelessness.
As civilian members of Team Coco were busy crafting picket signs and twitter campaigns, Kimmel slapped on a fake Leno-like wig and chin and did his show as the returning Tonight Show host.
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In addition, objects can be imbued with sensor capabilities if wrapped with the layer, and even CCD's could benefit from having a slice of the polymer slapped on them to take photos at different exposures.
Apparently 500 people (read: lazy pizza addicts) were surveyed about what features they would include in the "ultimate" couch, and instead of incorporating only the best ideas, the designers seem to have slapped on each and every suggestion.
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As if seeing the Commodore logo slapped on a whole slew of thoroughly unremarkable devices wasn't enough to make folks of a certain age feel a little wistful for their early computing days, legendary game developer Microprose is now getting in on the action as well, and seemingly outdoing Commodore to boot.
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Since then, America has imposed new quotas on Chinese-made silk, and Europe has slapped quotas on a range of Chinese goods, including footwear, toys and kitchenware.
Indonesia slapped moratorium on domestic workers to Malaysia in 2009 after multiple cases of abuse there.
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