The fact that the company is laying the smack down on Wall Street earnings estimates today is one of them.

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In Turkey, a proposed nuclear plant is now in question, because a fault line ran right smack down the middle of it.

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Everything Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson touches these days turns to gold, from the film franchises he whips into blockbusters, to the diamond-encrusted WWE championship belt he drapes over his shoulder before he hits the ring to lay the smack down one more time in his triumphant return to the company.

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The market is seeing short covering and bargain-hunting, while trying to stabilize after the smack-down suffered on Wednesday and Thursday when prices hit a fresh nearly three-month low.

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The back of the VX offers a rather minimalistic feel, with the 5-megapixel, rear-facing camera and LED flash on top, HTC logo smack-dab in the center and speaker grille down below just underneath the Beats Audio branding.

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Little Mr. Debord, with not so much as a single overpriced defense lawyer, ducked all that Wells Fargo tossed his way, flung his puny stone smack dab between their eyes, and stepped back as the giant tumbled down.

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These can involve closing down takeaways near schools (a shove) or a ban on smoking near playgrounds (a smack).

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