To Facebook, this is a slap on the wristThe FTC settlement, at least as it is described in numerous reports, will amount to little more than a slap on the wrist.
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Slap on the wrist for Singapore Some analysts have viewed the impounding of these troop carriers as a slap on the wrist for Singapore over its tough stance on the South China Sea.
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And he was just given a slap on the wrist.
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Yesterday the press got a shocking slap on the wrist.
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Despite a hand slap on Twitter, Kalanick stuck by him.
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"This isn't just a slap on the hand," she says.
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They want a gold star to slap on their website.
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This is a diplomatic slap on the wrist for Putin.
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"It seems like a slap on the wrist," Jonathan says.
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That's a nasty label for her to slap on you.
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So this is more like a slap on the wrist.
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It's the kind of slap on the wrist people get for
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Clean out your closet, Aries, or slap on a face mask.
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Maza said the action was essentially a slap on the wrist.
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Hey man, get a slap on the wrist, no jail time.
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To deliver justice or give someone a slap on the wrist.
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My eyes are puffy, so I slap on some eye cream.
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It's so easy to slap on, but still looks extremely polished.
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Then they slap on their own labels and ship them elsewhere.
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"It's a slap on the wrist obviously: twelve years," Lopez lamented.
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Fern: Sometimes they do it as a slap on the wrist.
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That's not a slap on the wrist; it's a gentle tap.
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Then the weight hits like a slap on my back. Silence.
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Nineties kids, grab your Tamagotchis and slap on your scrunchies: Hotels.
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"I will slap on those prosthetics in two seconds," Moore excitedly responded.
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It wasn&apost like they just got a slap on the wrist.
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If your face suffered, slap on this sheet for some moisturizing magic.
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Compared to McFarland's sentence, it seemed like a slap on the wrist.
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" Republican Congressman David Cicilline called the settlement "a slap on the wrist.
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The buys that you used to slap on that didn't mean anything?
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Instead, the officer primarily responsible only received a slap on the wrist.
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On such days, I imagine I'll slap on a bit of blush.
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He received a slap-on-the-wrist sentence of probation and a fine.
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Younes Bendjima deserves either my congratulations or a major slap on the wrist.
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I slap on my lavender eye mask and try to fall back asleep.
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But environmentalists were displeased, seeing the fine as a slap on the wrist.
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It was widely seen as a slap on the wrist by Chinese authorities.
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It appears that back then Michael simply got a slap on the wrist.
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And then we slap on our handcuffs and blindfolds for Fifty Shades Darker.
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There's something psychological, where you just slap on some greasepaint and you're transformed.
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You can slap on a speaker, a battery pack, or even a projector!
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This new host went even further and got a slap on the wrist.
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"They don't even really get a slap on the wrist," she told me.
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To prevent a capital flight crisis, Beijing had to slap on new controls.
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But slap on the Dual Screen case and those style points quickly evaporate.
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The Federal Reserve found out but only issued a slap on the wrist.
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"A slap on the wrist is not going to deter anybody," he said.
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" Mr. Edmonds said the company received "not even a slap on the wrist.
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That's where we'd slap on a mod, that is, if we actually had one.
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Launch a new version, make it cheaper to fly, and slap on some winglets.
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Just slap on the cybernetic headgear worn by Lobot in the Empire Strikes Back.
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They get a slap on the wrist and are allowed to retroactively register themselves.
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And until now, U.S. Soccer has given her behavior a slap on the wrist.
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Slap on this Spider-Man logo shirt for $24.99 See Details Primed for assembling.
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I slap on my new moisturizing primer to perk up my skin a bit.
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The federal system is not where you go for a slap on the wrist.
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The National Wildlife Federation blasted the settlement, calling it a slap on the wrist.
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And companies don't hesitate to slap on that label, because shoppers respond to it.
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In practical terms, a ruling against Whitaker would be a slap on the wrist.
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Hit up a spa or at least slap on a face mask at home.
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Europeans could pull out of the deal along with Trump and slap on sanctions.
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Child advocates say the religious court's judgment was a mere slap on the wrist.
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That a slap on the wrist is as good as a gun at your head.
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I&aposm joking, but it&aposs a minor, minor slap on the wrist, Twitter jail.
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It's time to hit the spa, or at least slap on a relaxing face mask.
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The FAA can slap on additional civil penalties: as much as $11,000 for each violation.
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The opposition Congress party described it as a "slap on the face of the BJP".
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Then I slap on a bit of mineral makeup to cover my zombie dark circles.
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I shower, throw my hair in a bun, slap on some makeup, and get dressed.
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But the Kegel doesn't just slap on an even coat of oil—there are patterns.
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"She's the kind of girl you just want to slap on the ass," Madonna said.
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The teacher got a slap on the wrist, though she freely admitted to her words.
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" He called this letter a "big slap on the face of US &its western cohorts.
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" The San Jose Mercury News called the six-month sentence, "a slap on the wrist.
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One reader calls the settlement a "slap on the wrist" for misuse of donated funds.
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These punishments are a slap on the wrist for the Trumps' malfeasance, not real justice.
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You're in the Big Dance, compadre—dejate llorar, slap on some zapatos and bailar, motherfucker.
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But in most cases, these measures are perfunctory, amounting to a slap on the wrist.
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But around that age, you usually get one second chance after a slap on the wrist.
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It's a metaphorical slap on the wrist, but one that encourages Zoey to step it up.
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In other words, where Mattie may get a slap on the wrist, Yasmine will get jailed.
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"There needs to be more than just a slap on the wrist," Douglas told Global News.
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Bottom line, Conor's rich as hell ... so a fine is barely a slap on the wrist.
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The other man was given a slap on the wrist, his privileges revoked for 30 days.
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I throw on some PJs, slap on moisturizer, take two melatonins, and pass out by midnight.
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Watch, they will get off with a slap on the wrist, and a few million each.
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The Vietnamese authorities slap on a tax of 294% on whole frozen chickens arriving from America.
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Investors concluded that regulators would, at most, give the company a hard slap on the wrist.
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Athletic director Ian McCaw was given a slap on the wrist, but still has a job.
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"If somebody's given you a slap on the face, you give a slap back," he said.
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The Bin Laden family "took the slap on the hand and accepted it," the executive said.
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Despite U.S. Soccer's slap on the wrist, Rapinoe has no plans of backing down, she said.
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Tonight, we learned that's how Wall Street sees it too - as a slap on the wrist.
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But giving wealthy offenders a mere slap on the wrist makes a mockery of that objective.
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JUNE 2-8 Those tariffs that President Trump threatened to slap on all imports from Mexico?
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Whiterose's slap on the hand turned out to be more of a hammer to the jaw.
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Critics called it a slap on the wrist, certainly not painful enough to force real change.
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So, you can say I was very excited to slap on Apple's new Smart Battery Case.
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National Park Service spokesman Thomas Crosson said violators would likely get a slap on the wrist.
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In the video, the duo answered '90s-themed questions from a basket full of slap-on bracelets.
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Brush my teeth, slap on some CC cream and mascara, get my lunch together, and head out.
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"People basically get a slap on the wrist" for trafficking pangolin under current regulations, Knights told me.
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The biggest barrier to shopping ethically is the sheer number of labels people slap on different products.
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That prompted the cops to order him out of the car and then slap on the cuffs.
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One could argue that CHF 20,000 (approximately $19,500 U.S. dollars) is a mere slap on the wrist.
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They can't just easily recycle an existing post, slap on an image and call it a day.
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Only a little tire slap on grumbly pavement detracts, but even it is mostly kept in check.
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But the priciest lawyers that money could buy,Got him off with a slap on the wrist.
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Thankfully, all that happens next is a jotting down of names and a slap on the wrist.
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Clearly, Maher done fucked up and shit like this cannot just get a slap on the wrist.
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After you've got those images set up, just slap on whatever esoteric argument you want, and voila!
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No. Slap on 30 percent tariffs, and after a few years those national industries would separate again.
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I gave it an annoyed slap on a rear window while saying words too choice to repeat.
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Instead, he was given an effective slap on the wrist by a small fraction of Republican lawmakers.
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But fundamentally this was little but a symbolic slap on the wrist, quickly undone by presidential veto.
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It's also possible that tech firms get away with a slap on the wrist — such as large fines.
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She ended up with life-threatening injuries — and Blaine got a slap on the wrist from the law.
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We can slap on sanctions alone, on day one, but it's not gonna be anywhere near as effective.
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"It's a slap in the face for us and a slap on the wrist for him," he said.
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" She described the FCC's action as "less a slap on the wrist" than "a pat on the back.
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However many called the fines a modest slap on the wrist --CNBC's Josh Lipton contributed to this story.
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Some bask in his bombastic glow; those who find his presence oppressive slap on sunblock or stay inside.
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You were so busy living your best life that you forgot to slap on an SPF 50 sunscreen.
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Which goes some way toward explaining why he has received little more than a slap on the wrist.
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Just peel back the packaging, unroll the paper, and slap on the mask for 15 to 20 minutes.
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" And as a first-timer, this warrants a mere slap on the wrist and a "stern talking-to.
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Why Facebook's stock jumped despite facing a record-breaking $5 billion FTC penalty: 'A slap on the wrist'
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The public expects that officers will be appropriately punished and not simply given a slap on the wrist.
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"This is a slap on the wrist--a fraction of the profits Facebook makes in a year," Sen.
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Slap on a face mask and make a to-do list of what you need to focus on!
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Historically, teenage boys are handed a condom, given a slap on the back, and told to have fun.
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While waiting, some women read books, others watch TV, and some slap on a full face of makeup.
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Otis says he'll face the music, but the crime carries way more than a slap on the wrist.
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Thumbing one's nose at a grand jury subpoena does not lead to a figurative slap on the wrist.
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The job: Evaluate a review's freshness, then trawl for a good pull quote to slap on the website.
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I think it's absolutely obvious, and giving a slap on the wrist doesn't do any good,' said Sen.
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After the fifth inning, Harvey's night was done, and Collins gave him another hearty slap on his back.
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It's going to take a while + we're not going 2 have a little slap on the wrist crap.
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There was no fatherly slap on the back or shoes promised to him for making the honor roll.
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For Amazon, the size of the tax payment still would amount to essentially a slap on the wrist.
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" "A fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook.
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Keep letting them slap on fancy dress, cheer on whoever they want, and hold an impromptu Americana festival.
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It's the maximum amount possible under law, but given Facebook's size it's just a slap on the wrist.
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Early in 2013, the FTC closed a long-running investigation of Google, giving it a slap on the wrist.
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Trump comes in with a slap on the back and a handshake and just blows the whole system up.
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"There's 1 boss here," Diaz wrote under a picture of him busting out the Stockton Slap on both guys.
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It just means that paying a slap-on-the-wrist fine is easier than months or years of litigation.
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Because sometimes (often times), students will slap on a filler title to focus on the rest of the essay.
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Some of the women arrested for removing their headscarves have been let off with a slap on the wrist.
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I take a quick shower, drop the sister off to school, slap on makeup, and I'm out the door.
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Then, just before you serve, slap on the guac, pico de gallo, sour cream or fresh cilantro or scallion.
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The iPhone will probably slap on NFC so Apple can add more people to its Apple Pay user list.
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"I feel like he got just a slap on the wrist," the victim's mother told the AJC on Thursday.
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I leave a few things for the morning, slap on the noise-cancelling headphones, and head for the train.
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I grab a blueberry bagel the size of my head, slap on cream cheese, and call it a day.
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That could mean anything, from a light slap on the ass to getting your genitals hooked up to electrodes.
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I slap on a smile and apply an extra layer of concealer to hide the circles under my eyes.
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But many have characterized it as essentially a slap on the wrist for Zuckerberg and his social-media company.
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Next came the groin slap on Iguodala by Dellavedova, who was involved in several scraps during last season's playoffs.
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In Martins's ballet, Capulet actually did hit her, delivering a slap on the face that echoed through the theatre.
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We're lucky if we manage to wash our face and maybe slap on some serum before crashing every night.
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It's something people can slap on anything people seem "groovy" or "trippy," and I don't think that's the point.
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The question now becomes whether the fine, if and when it hits, is just a slap on the wrist.
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That Piper's slap on the wrist occurs in the same episode as Maritza's ultimate punishment is pointed, I think.
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In 2014, Russia violated international agreements by annexing Crimea with barely a slap on the wrist from the West.
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The resolution amounts to a legal slap on the wrist for Trump, who is certain to veto the resolution.
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I know, I know: Stop my whining, slap on some headphones, and be thankful I have a good job.
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A fine would probably amount to a slap on the wrist for Musk, who is worth about $20 billion.
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Whether Apple winning would lessen that, or just be a slap on the wrist is too early to tell.
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Fitbit, meanwhile, was still busy cranking out generation after generation of simple fitness trackers you could slap on your wrist.
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Responses can vary significantly after employees violate the rule, from a slap on the wrist to loss of a job.
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"The court ruling is a slap on the face of the British government," said Jawaid Afsar, senior trader at Securequity.
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I somehow manage to straighten my hair in fifteen minutes, so I slap on makeup before heading out the door.
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They warrant more than a surface-level investigation and a punishment that goes beyond just a slap on the wrist.
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At first they allowed him to remain on campus, but on probation, which was basically a slap on the wrist.
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"It is like a slap in the face for me and a slap on the hand for him," Simmons says.
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Almost any fine against the company would be a slap on the wrist, April Glaser argues — unless regulators get creative.
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Libra loves beauty, so slap on a face mask, too, and dip your feet in a tub of healing salts.
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The sensation is similar to intense exfoliation during a facial, or gentle slap on the ass—it hurts so good.
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She bid a final farewell to Francis, who insisted she give him one last, loving goodbye slap on the ass.
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But, once again, it appears these actions will amount to little more than a slap on the wrist for Facebook.
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A Baylor investigation didn't even give Mr. Ukwuachu a slap on the wrist, allowing him back on campus to graduate.
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Ask him how many arrested human traffickers had their charges dropped or got off with slap-on-the-hand sentences?
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On this occasion Cummings actually wasn't able to slap on a heel hook, but did almost immediately take their back.
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Her words were used to make sure "no future Brock Turners get a slap on the wrist," said Ms. Kianerci.
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The cable outlet gave Hannity a slap on the wrist in 2016 after he appeared in a Trump campaign video.
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He spent years living down the Keating Five scandal, even though he got off with a slap on the wrist.
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I also slap on a little concealer on the under eye circles, especially if I had an eventful Saturday night.
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No other president has been censured, so many Republicans view that path as more than a slap on the wrist.
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And, of course in the U.S., he had that whole steel dolly incident -- but essentially got a slap on the wrist.
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And aside from some bullshit Congressional hearings to deliver a slap on the wrist, Equifax has so far largely gone unpunished.
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Venus enters Leo this evening, inspiring you to slap on a face mask and add more beauty to your everyday routine.
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Several Democrats in Congress on Wednesday said a $5 billion fine would amount to a "slap on the wrist" for Facebook.
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We don't care if you never wash your face again or refuse to moisturize, but please just slap on the sunscreen.
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Who needs to fill in their brows or slap on a red lip when they have all of that up top?
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I feel about 80% more human after my shower and then slap on makeup, which takes me up to about 90%.
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Instead of getting mad about her seemingly light slap on the wrist, I'd urge you to consider the bigger picture here.
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Winded, he called time, and Desus came out to give him a pep talk and a mighty slap on the butt.
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Especially Bob Dylan and Tom Waits—and he would always slap on Neil Young's "Old Man" when he had chicks over.
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You don't just slap on a stock image of a woman laughing into her salad, attach a catchy hook, and go.
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Chinese phone and mobile equipment maker ZTE just received a stinging slap on the wrist from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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There wasn't much I could do except get a slap on the wrist and take a charge on my account. What?
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Demonetization feels like a slap on the wrist in this case, they should at least be taking down the relevant videos.
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In return, Simon got some very beautiful and valuable art to slap on his bottles—and a bit of spiritual guidance.
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It is a mere "sense of the Congress" resolution –a virtual slap on the wrist to embarrass a president at most.
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Dress in furry black or gray clothes, slap on pig ears, a tail, and a snout, and proceed to run wild.
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This practice is a gross distortion of justice which can no longer be punished with a mere slap on the wrist.
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But if Trump were suddenly to slap on tariffs, "you see a major shudder go through the market here," he said.
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The phone has a magnetic strip on the back which makes it easy to slap on an additional battery, for example.
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It's so common now it's practically a habit: Snap a pic, adjust a few things, slap on a filter, and boom.
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Major League Baseball investigated and confirmed the Yankees accusations, but let the Red Sox off with a slap on the wrist.
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" The hashtag refers to an old sun safety campaign -- "Slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat.
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Slap on this Spigen Ultra Hybrid case with a matching blue border, and you've got every inch of the phone covered.
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And, with Gordon's history of failed drug tests during his NFL career, this won't be a slap on the wrist punishment.
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China's decision on Monday to slap on tit-for-tat tariffs sent global equities into their worst one-day fall this year.
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But nothing now available or coming soon will let you nap or email or slap on a VR headset behind the wheel.
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I wake up, get ready, slap on some makeup (including this new eye shadow I just got), and head out the door.
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This super rad nurse made a epically killer offer, and I was fortunate enough to slap on a suction cup fake nipple.
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"If a label is evocative of Italy, but the oil is not Italian, I can slap on a fine," Mr. Vaccari said.
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"Thirteen years of incarceration - up to the point of approaching death - is not a slap on the wrist," Caproni wrote last month.
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Brock Allen Turner was found guilty of three felonies and he got a slap on the wrist -- just six months in jail.
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David Cicilline (D-RI) referred to it as a "slap on the wrist" for a company with $55 billion in yearly revenue.
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Slap on a dial and you can pick colors and tools and the screen doubles as an upright and a drawing pad.
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Maybe they'll get a fine and a slap on the wrist, but as long as they're making enough money, it's worth it.
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Look, I am not excited about whatever poor feral cat or national park they opt to slap on the face of 10.12.
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Klitschko said that rather than give those who dope a slap on the wrist, they should be hit with a lifetime ban.
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After the fourth inning, Colon waited for Cespedes to jog in from left and consoled him with a slap on the back.
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Prior to the sentencing, local activists expressed concern that Van Dyke would be given a "slap on the wrist" by the judge.
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What happens if Bach sides with clean athletes, the real victims here, and gives Russia more than a slap on the wrist?
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Under most circumstances, in most places, such behavior might provoke a slap on the wrist — perhaps a stern visit from the police.
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When he was 13, he took a slap on a Brooklyn street, an incident that was filmed and ricocheted around social media.
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If companies producing those goods were judged to be benefitting from state aid, Brussels may decide to slap on a punitive duty.
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Some advocacy groups have said that the fines are only a slap on the wrist and the company deserves much harsher penalties.
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It's safe to say that 20 years ago, the London bond trader would likely have received the mildest slap on the wrist.
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OnePlus' global head of marketing Kyle Kiang says they didn't just slap on a glass back, colorize it, and call it a day.
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The FTC conducted an investigation of Google that ended in 2013 with a slap on the wrist for the search and advertising company.
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Critics attacked the deal, which allowed HSBC to avoid indictment, as a slap on the wrist for one of the world's biggest banks.
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The Huskies received a slap on the wrist from the N.C.A.A. after arranging for Moore a tour of ESPN's studios in Bristol, Conn.
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The FTC did an investigation of Google that ended in 2013 with a slap on the wrist for the search and advertising company.
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No, 'you've screwed up,' no 30-day slap on the hand, literally hit the delete button, and my entire business account was gone.
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It's a wonderful morning to edit down your closet or slap on a face mask, but watch out for irritability later on today.
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Let's make a knob that you slap on the screen, because when people draw they want to hold more than just a pen.
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And the department continues to impose slap-on-the-wrist discipline for misconduct — a practice that we proved significantly contributed to discriminatory stops.
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If you're a problematic user, you may be referred to treatment, or maybe get a slap on the wrist and pay 70 euros.
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" Efforts include the Slip, Slop, Slap campaign, which urges people to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat.
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"It's basically a slap on the wrist," Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, said of the men's prison sentences.
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For a more comedic take on Joker, slap on some green paint and go as (Oscar the) Grouch, "Saturday Night Live's" viral parody.
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Many lawmakers and privacy advocates decried the fine as a slap on the wrist for a credit reporting agency worth nearly $18 billion.
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UConn did receive a slap on the wrist from the N.C.A.A. for arranging a tour for Moore of ESPN's studios in Bristol, Conn.
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Our thought bubble: These fines are a slap on the wrist for Facebook, a company that makes roughly $27 billion annually in revenue.
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There's no better way to do that than by putting a bunch of slap on, wearing a skirt and fucking with people's heads.
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Last month, I said that a fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook.
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What YouTube intended as a slap on Crowder's wrist has instead turned the video creator into a martyr standing against Big Tech overreach.
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If so, it will wind up as a midwife to the mullahs' ambitions, however many sanctions the president might otherwise slap on Tehran.
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The culture doesn't always work out because some people face long-term cancellation while others face a short-term slap on the wrist.
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That means you might owe a couple hundred bucks in taxes as well as whatever fees your carrier decides to slap on there.
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But if we've learned anything over the past year, it's that a slap on the wrist does little to change a company's culture.
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Nevertheless, gender roles remain deeply entrenched and penalties for breaking the law can amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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Since returning from what many critics perceived to be a slap on the wrist, Allen has battled heckling, injuries and a shooting slump.
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Its hubris, and the reason Travis Kalanick got a personal slap on the wrist from Tim Cook, was trying to disguise it from Apple.
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In short, don't expect President Trump to get a slap on the wrist or any other kind of slap from the courts over this.
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Handing out punishments piecemeal was a clearly untenable position, because every slap on the wrist simply highlighted how feckless that approach was in practice.
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"If there are grounds for doing anything, it will turn out mostly to be a fine or a slap on the wrist," said Yardeni.
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"It's not a trivial decision, it's not a slap on the hand," Dorit Reiss, a University of California, Hastings law professor, told the Times.
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Rogue police officers who brutally beat innocent civilians or lie under oath should be dismissed, not coddled and given a slap on the risk.
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I attempted to slap on color-correcting cream and my handy-dandy concealer, but my skin rejected the stuff, leaving my face looking cakey.
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Silva put in some point work in combinations, and he'd slap on the double collar tie occasionally but only to turn Diaz past him.
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Miller, frustrated at Silva's surprisingly effective ground defence, moved to side control only for Silva to slap on a kimura and force the submission.
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"She's the kind of girl you just want to slap on the a** -- and pull," Madonna told the crowd before exposing the young fan.
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PEOPLE Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin has the information you need to know before you slap on sunscreen and slip on your flip-flops.
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The $5 billion fine is merely a slap on the wrist for a giant with a parent company that holds $102.9 billion in cash.
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A missed payment fee is a stinging slap on the wrist and may be another indication that you're not ready for a credit card.
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BTW, he signed a 4-year contract with the team last year for $3.9 million ... so this is like a slap on the wrist.
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President Clinton lied under oath and was given a slap on the wrist, while Martha Stewart lied to federal investigators and went to jail.
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"The upshot is that today's tariffs amount to no more than a slap on the wrist for China," Mr. Williams wrote in a note.
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For instance, banks can slap on a variety of fees, including charges for not using the line of credit, annual costs and lender expenses.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called it a "slap on the face" of the United States and said U.S. troops should leave the region.
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"They were suspended from the fraternity but they were not reprimanded by the school, so it was a slap on the wrist," he said.
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Occasionally, I had to pause a discussion to change her quickly, but I learned how to slap on a new diaper in record speed.
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Trump has railed against EU import duties on cars that are higher than U.S. duties, and he has threatened to slap on a retaliatory tax.
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It gave us the terrible motivation to stick our heads inside a turkey cavity, slap on a fez and some novelty sunglasses, and dance around.
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As a result, behavior that would merit no more than a slap on the wrist for a US citizen could mean deportation for an immigrant.
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The judge who sentenced Bergdahl gave him a slap on the wrist and gave a slap in the face to our military men and women.
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The fine, which some lawmakers have called "a slap on the wrist," cut quarterly profit to $2.6 billion, compared with $5.1 billion, a year earlier.
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While the settlement might feel significant, experts have criticized it as a slap on the wrist that won't change how business is done at Facebook.
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Donald Trump's business practices led to a long list of slap-on-the-wrist fines, while youthful drug dealers or car thieves sit in jail.
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While her conviction is troubling, he or she should have the power to either commute Fairooz's sentence or give her a slap on the wrist.
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It seems Huffman will get a slap on the wrist here, which might not convince Reddit's users that the company itself takes his misconduct seriously.
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The Federal Trade Commission's reported deal to settle its investigation into Facebook's alleged privacy violations looks like little more than a slap on the wrist.
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NUMBER OF THE DAY 219.63% That's the tariff the Commerce Department wants to slap on airliners delivered to the US from a Canadian plane maker.
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Our laws too often treat employer crimes with a light touch, levying only minimal penalties amounting to little more than a slap on the wrist.
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Kris' company filed docs -- obtained by TMZ -- to lock down the name "Momager" to slap on her new cosmetics line that dropped on Mother's Day.
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Even the modest attempts of the Congress to impose sanctions, which really amounted to a slap on the wrist, have been ignored by our president.
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"We start out with a piece of bread, slap on some mayo, bring it down on cheese, bring it down on some ham," he said.
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But according to CNN, these "slap on the wrist" types of punishments — and as a result, unreported rapes — are much more common than we think.
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Shiloh liked a slap on the ass from a stranger, and was happy to provide a little table-side fantasy for a two hundred dollar tip.
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Despite all of Robin and Ted's drama, the episode is best remembered for Marshall taunting Barney with the promise of his third slap on Thanksgiving day.
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If you slap on advertising on the site, all of a sudden when you're writing an article, the headline might not get a lot of clicks.
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Does the fact that they didn't slap on some pale power and call it a day mean his face will eventually be revealed to the audience?
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The decision to keep him within the company infuriated many Riot employees, with one describing the move to Kotaku as a light slap on the wrist.
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In both instances though, the fines were no more than 150 RMB or $21.65, a mere slap on the wrist for anyone wealthy enough to participate.
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You hold your breath and slap on a mask that smells like hydrogen sulfide because nothing else gives you glowy, baby-angel skin quite like it.
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The fine, which some lawmakers have called "a slap on the wrist," cut second-quarter profit to $2.6 billion, compared with $5.1 billion, a year earlier.
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Unfortunately, you cannot slap on a waterproof bandage and hop back in the water, as that could trap in bacteria and make an infection more likely.
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No matter how much JavaScript you slap on top of an HTML document, it's hard to match the performance, quality, and persistence of a native app.
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"It's just easy to slap on a B.A. requirement on a job posting," according to Pam Belcher, senior vice president of human resources at LifePoint Health.
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There is the hug that starts with a high-five, then moves into a fist bump, followed by a slap on the back and an embrace.
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Sanctions Senators are holding hearings this week as part of their effort to figure out what, if any, new sanctions they should slap on Russia. Sens.
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Couldn't he just slap on some earmuffs to protect her head and enjoy the concert from a secure area, away from the ruckus of the moshpit?
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Perhaps just slap on a face mask at home—one that you know works for your skin, not something new or unusual that might irritate you.
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So, with that in mind, slap on Miley Cyrus' "My Sad Christmas Song" because it's a great track about how much this time of year sucks.
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VICE has routinely (rightfully) admonished keto for some time, and now it finally seems, with this third slap on the wrist, many others are catching on.
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The $1.25 million fine is a slap on the wrist for Robinhood, which caters to Millennials and new investors and is valued at nearly $9 billion.
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First, Trump has already gone in unilaterally with a wrist-slap on Assad when the Syrian leader ordered the use of chemical weapons a year ago.
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Yet though a four-year ban sounds like a bruising punishment, it contains so many caveats that it is more like a slap on the wrist.
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But a handful of Republicans are expressing skepticism at Trump's move — and some reactions have carried more consequence than the usual toothless slap on the wrist.
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Australian telecommunications company Optus is pushing into the payment space with a rubber band that you can slap on your wrist to buy anything under A$100.
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It's confusing because there are certainly plenty of unqualified people who slap on the title and dole out "health" advice to those who will pay for it.
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"A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill he'd face jail time for lying to the government," Wyden said.
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Atari also licenses its name out for other companies to slap on their products, which is why an Atari-branded smart dog collar was announced last year.
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So slap on your red lipstick, queue up the new Taylor jams, and try not to ruin your own reputation after getting hammered like a pop princess.
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Critics argued that the deal was essentially a slap on a wrist for a company that generates $16 billion of revenue alone in a three-month period.
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Comics abound with robot imposters, evil twins, alternate-universe doppelgangers, and crooks who slap on a superhero costume in an attempt to tarnish said hero's good name.
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According to new docs obtained by TMZ ... the comedian applied for the trademark "George Lopez's Chingon Kitchen," which he wants to slap on new products including guacamole.
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Unfortunately, for a subculture that exists in the backwaters of the internet, a slap on the wrist from one giant corporation isn't enough to slow their agenda.
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I'm in the mood to relax with an under eye treatment, so I slap on two of Peter Thomas Roth Hydra-Gel Eye Patches, which are $75.
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Although Italian bond prices rose on relief after Moody's did not slap on a negative outlook as the market had feared, European stock markets were less enthused.
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A bill was passed that eased punishments for medical marijuana growers; they now face slap-on-the-wrist fines rather than jail time for growing-related violations.
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Whoever thought it was a smart idea to put it right next to the back camera should get a slap on the wrist because it's just terrible.
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I offered myself as their poster-child—"Illegal Restaurant Goes Legit"—but they didn't buy it, and gave us a verbal slap on the wrist warning instead.
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" In an editorial, The San Jose Mercury News called the sentence "a slap on the wrist" and "a setback for the movement to take campus rape seriously.
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Kazushi Sakuraba had that bizarre where he routinely turned his back just to invite the bodylock and slap on the kimura, and those John Smith low singles.
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Romero understandably got the stronger slap on the wrist, with a six-game suspension with the national team, and Ceren walked away with a three-game suspension.
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I put my dogs outside to do their business, wash my face, slap on some mascara, brows, and concealer, and get dressed in my regular business clothes.
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The punishment will no doubt feel like a slap on the wrist for the company, since it only amounts to nearly 4% of their 2018 net profit.
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"Maybe I can persuade some lady to come over here and live with me and let me slap on her butt once in a while," he said.
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The actor even got a slap on the wrist from a nurse for cheering too loudly for the Patriots in his hospital room a few weeks ago.
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Some folks like Bill Cooper will look to D'arce opponents after countering the deep half attempt, Garcia looks to slap on the seatbelt and take the back.
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Putin's regime got a slap on the wrist — a few sanctions — but nothing remotely as damaging to him as his intervention in our elections was to us.
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YouTube's critics reacted to the fine with dismay, seeing it as a slap on the wrist compared to the significant privacy violations that had been alleged. Sen.
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Ex-NFL star Fred Smoot just got a slap on the wrist despite being arrested by a BUNCH of cops back in October ... TMZ Sports has learned.
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"South Africa faces a potentially material 'slap on the wrists' by Moody's credit rating agency later today," Bianca Botes, a treasury partner at Peregrine Treasury Solutions said.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said the missile attack was a "slap on the face" of the United States and that U.S. troops should leave the region.
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Until about two years ago, violators of the statute, known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, typically received only an administrative slap on the wrist.
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Schumer, during a Senate floor speech, warned that agreeing to the deal would be a "slap on the wrist" for China and a "great defeat" for Trump.
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"We can't say anything about that if we allow Saudi Arabia to do it and all we do is a diplomatic slap on the wrist," Rubio said.
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And even if Google is penalized by the NLRB, it might not amount to more than a slap on the wrist, according to several labor law experts.
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But allowing them to remain active clearly undermined whatever potential usefulness might have been gained by banning Jones, reducing the move to a slap on the wrist.
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According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... the supermodel applied for the trademark "Smize Cream," which she wants to slap on a new brand of ice cream.
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It's shipped with a partial charge, so all you need to do is slap on one of the multitude of modular cleaning heads and you're good to go.
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In the report, police say Kimball continued resisting arrest and it took two officers to finally get him on the ground and slap on a pair of handcuffs.
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While that appears to be a minor slap on the wrist, Bartling is in further trouble for a video in which he showed his cats fighting a scorpion.
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The punchy orange makes it look like I actually put the effort in, when all I really did was slap on some blush, brow gel, and lip gloss.
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In the rare instance that Twitter has taken action, it has only required the reported user to delete the offensive tweets, essentially delivering a slap on the wrist.
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You saw that right at the beginning of the season, when he's practicing music, and when he slips up, he gives himself a little slap on the head.
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Mr Trump travelled to Pittsburgh on March 33th to tout the 25% tariffs he intends to slap on steel imports, his second visit on behalf of Mr Saccone.
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But in the real world, it's thought the link tax would be a slap on the wrist for major players and a death sentence for the small fry.
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Make sure you slap on a pair of fire-resistant gloves before taking part in all the fun, because these bad boys are gonna come out hot, baby!
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"She's the kind of girl you just want to slap … on the ass … and pull," Madonna, 57, said while moving the girl's top, revealing one of her breasts.
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With teams of volunteers manning corners to shame would-be shirkers into parking their cars, and police out in force to slap on fines, few flouted the ban.
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" As a candidate, Trump accused the Obama White House of giving "drug dealers and gang members" a "slap on the wrist" and turning them "loose on the street.
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Their biggest town, Khorog, where anti-government violence has broken out twice in the past four years, is slap on the border with turbulent Afghanistan to the south.
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"Epstein's victims deserve justice and the public needs to know why a prolific child molester got a slap on the wrist instead of a long prison sentence," Rep.
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It is troubling to think that someone who commits such a reckless crime, putting so many people at risk, walks away with just a slap on the wrist.
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Prosecutors gave Rice a slap on the wrist, and the NFL gave him a measly 2-game suspension, which it later increased after a torrent of public criticism.
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Vasquez only got a slap on the wrist from prosecutors -- he was only ordered to complete anger management (which he did) and his case has since been dismissed.
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Even most yellow cards, or "cautions" (a notionally stern warning that the player is getting out of line) amount to little more than a slap on the wrist.
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To make matters worse for the South Koreans looking to just chill out for a bit, cannabis offenses aren't just a slap on the wrist in South Korea.
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"If there are other women like [Doe]," Warrier says, "will they use the system where they know [their abuser] is likely to get a slap on the wrist?"
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The Souls games have become my Call of Duty—slap on some new textures, move things around, and I'm willing to die at some giant boss for hours.
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Not in this economy, but can he really afford to just let them get away with a slap on the wrist for what Frank Jr. did to Ruth?
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Failing that, the company simply paid slap-on-the-wrist fines and continued as normal or petulantly left cities rather than comply with laws designed to regulate it.
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Dates will no doubt be snatched up faster than you can slap on a slap bracelet, so keep your blue-liner rimmed eyes peeled if you want in!
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"These imposed fines are even less impactful than a slap on the wrist for Uber and Grab," Corrine Png, CEO of transport research consultancy Crucial Perspective, told CNBC.
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Given Rodriguez's love of knees and Edgar's height disadvantage it might be interesting to see if Rodriguez can slap on the double collar tie effectively from boxing range.
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"If he didn't actually lie to anybody … it's a slap on the wrist," says Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies national security law.
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I quickly slap on some makeup, get dressed in some new (to me) jeans I bought a few days ago, and run out the door to catch my bus.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen urged Zobel to avoid giving Vandemoer a "slap on the wrist," saying the case had undermined public confidence in the fairness of college admissions.
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After supporting a hard-line trade stance against China, Cramer denounced the surprise 5% tariffs that Trump has threatened to slap on all imports from Mexico starting next month.
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I've been in pajamas all day, so I throw on a t-shirt and shorts, put my hair in a ponytail, and slap on sunscreen before we head out.
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This is also basically pajamas, but I could roll out of bed for brunch, slap on some Glossier Boy Brow, and look very fancy while I throw back rosé.
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He reaches down and lays a heavy slap on the butt of the younger hippo, Rosie, startling the animal and causing her mother, Mara, to look up in surprise.
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Cribs. Toothbrushes. Milk. Thousands of household products could get more expensive, thanks to the newest round of tariffs the U.S. plans to slap on goods from China next month.
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Mr Orban changed the judicial system to cement his power over judges in 2018, and got away with a mere slap on the wrist from the rest of Europe.
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The $5 billion FTC fine is a slap on the wrist for a company that profits more than that per quarter, but a break-up would do real damage.
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Kim Kardashian wants the notorious celeb attacker who went after her ass to get more than a slap on the wrist -- so she's calling in lawyers and the police.
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Turkey's lira was under pressure again, retesting 4.90 per dollar, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap on sanctions if Ankara does not free a jailed American pastor.
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TWITTER GIVES FARRAKHAN SLAP ON THE WRIST AFTER POSTING ANTI-SEMITIC &aposSATANIC JEW&apos VIDEO According to Facebook&aposs policy regarding hate speech , objectionable content falls into three tiers.
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We might never know why Eric H. Holder Jr., the former attorney general, chose to let Wall Street off the hook with just a proverbial slap on the wrist.
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Dorial Green-Beckham pled guilty in his weed case Friday ... but he reportedly got off with a slap on the wrist -- with a judge sentencing him to just probation.
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Editor-In-Chief Austin Walker, myself, and Managing Editor Danielle Riendeau recorded this in advance, so we decided to slap on some gloves and reach into The Question Bucket.
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When he later branched out into casinos, he got caught accepting an illegal loan from his father to stay afloat and got off with a slap on the wrist.
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"A fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook," Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, said at the time.
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The recently retired Giants guard Chris Snee, who remembers when linemen greeted opponents with a meaty slap on the head as plays began, said he appreciated the added protection.
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It was a record-breaking penalty for the FTC, but was criticized by some as a slap on the wrist that would not materially affect how Facebook does business.
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Or a world where the Women's March can tweet out support for a platform for human traffickers without so much as a slap on the wrist from the press.
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That may help explain his use of chemical weapons in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in early April, which prompted the Trump administration's slap-on-the-wrist missile strike.
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The FTC recently fined Facebook a record $5 billion for privacy abuses linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a measure many Democrats denounced as a slap on the wrist.
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When predators are accepted back into their professional spheres with little more than a slap on the wrist, perfunctory chastisement, it imposes a compromise on everyone they work with.
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Nipsey Hussle unleashed a vicious slap on a man's face in the middle of an argument over where he could park his whip ... and it's all captured on video.
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Father Jacque Lacroix, 89, a priest who belonged to the Meaux Diocese, became a viral sensation after a YouTube video showed him giving a baby a slap on the cheek.
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"Companies can slap on a label of machine learning or artificial intelligence, but you have no way to say what are the boundaries of how well this works," he says.
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While pointing out that no Muslim countries had signed on to the UK's letter, Zhao called the response a "big slap on the face" of the US and the West.
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Friday's decision to cut Paul's videos off from ad revenue seems to be evidence of this new policy in action, with a public slap on the wrist for good measure.
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I have super, super sensitive skin that reacts badly to a ton of stuff, so all I can do is slap on some prescription moisturizer and call it a day.
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Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson just got a slap on the wrist in his domestic violence case -- after admitting to roughing up his baby mama at a Tennessee gas station.
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As a result of New York's investigation, Uber will pay a $20,000 fine, which amounts to less than a slap on the wrist for a company with Uber's soaring valuation.
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For example, Give Back Box will email you a free shipping label to slap on any box you have in the house to send your donations to charities for free.
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It is difficult not to come away with the impression that the settlements were little more than a slap on the wrist, and perhaps less than that for Mr. Mudd.
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She says kegel exercises can be beneficial if you want to do them, but there's no tincture or potion you can slap on down there to magically tighten your snatch.
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But Rubio's halfhearted reform conservatism was outbid and overwhelmed by Trump's brassy promises to renegotiate trade deals, slap on tariffs, leave entitlements untouched and bring back the jobs of 1965.
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The Chinese might have stomached a slap on the wrist, but by banning American companies from selling parts to ZTE, Ross served up a punishment harsh enough to halt operations.
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For one, it was a dry patch that acts as a Botox alternative for forehead lines; others pointed to hydrating, serum-soaked masks they slap on their face when stressed.
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After every inning, catcher Travis d'Arnaud waited to walk into the dugout with Harvey, offering a tap of the glove or a comforting slap on the back to boost morale.
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If you're at home, slap on a star and toss your jacket in the dryer; if you're on the trail, the heat of the sun will also activate the adhesive.
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Several Riot employees told Kotaku that they were frustrated by Riot's decision not to remove Gelb from the company — one person described the punishment as "a slap on the wrist."
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Censure could be seen as a slap on the wrist, and a failure of their leadership to prove what they and their constituencies believe have been abuses of the presidency.
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Last week, the U.S. fired the latest shot in its trade war with China, revealing a list of tariffs that it could slap on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
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The slap on the wrist for the Episcopals appeared to satisfy no one, with gay and lesbian Anglicans expressing outrage while conservatives said the sanctions did not go far enough.
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While Fixers urge President Trump to adopt a "decertify, waive, slap, and fix" approach, Walkers advocate a "wave, slap, and walk" approach: Wave goodbye, slap on sanctions, and walk away.
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And deeper pockets make it harder to impose meaningful penalties that might deter repeat and future offenders (see: the Federal Trade Commission's $20203 billion slap on the wrist of Facebook).
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But the cab drivers note that for a company like Uber, valued at more than $60 billion by some estimates, the fines were less than a slap on the wrist.
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While the football player gets barely a slap on the wrist, Jessica still admits she feels "stronger" for sharing her story and looks as if an insurmountable albatross has been lifted.
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With all this hard work, be sure to make time for self-care: Lovely Venus will encourage you to hit up the spa, or at least slap on a face mask.
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Another is that nothing newsworthy came out of a heavily scripted interview with a CEO other than a few new buzzwords to slap on a shambolic but fantastically wealthy company. [CNN]
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Granted, I didn't have particularly high hopes for a $19 (for Kickstarter early-birds) fiberglass and faux leather gizmo you slap on the bottom of the laptop, but I'm into it.
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You'd slap on a bit of the brand's red pigment as blush, then top it off with setting powder before busting a move in your school's production of A Chorus Line.
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It's also not unheard of for vape shop owners to slap on a pair of rubber gloves and mix a bottle of juice for a customer right on the store counter.
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And the show had the audacity to slap on some cello score and a "what could have been" fantasy sequence to make sure the audience was manipulated as much as possible.
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"No, it is not embarrassing, it is motor racing and sometimes you've got to take a slap on the nose, on the chin as you say, and learn," said the Austrian.
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Trump initially decided to keep Comey on in his job and, during a post-inaugural reception at the White House, singled him out for a handshake and slap on the back.
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Alexandra Naga, a senior organizer with the group Food & Water Watch, which has been campaigning to shut the site, called the fine "barely a slap on the wrist" for the company.
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When Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon Championship in 2013, he was a Rado brand ambassador, and as soon as he won, he reportedly hurried to slap on his Rado Hyperchrome.
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"My sense is that we are talking about something more substantial than a slap on the wrist, and also that's why this has been going on for so long," he said.
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As in the Church, universities protect perpetrators with slap-on-the-wrist punishment and secrecy, while victims are left alone to try to put their academic careers and lives back together.
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Where Anderson Silva and Fabricio Werdum will often slap on the double collar tie with their back to the fence, they rarely do such good work with their feet in combination.
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But in reality, the penalty is a slap on the wrist for TeamHealth, which recently was taken private by Blackstone and was on pace for $4.5 billion of revenue in 2016.
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I slap on an Aveeno pumpkin seed face mask ($13.99), run a hot bath, and watch The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix (it's based on a great Shirley Jackson book).
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THE PROGNOSIS Health insurers spent the last year under a harsh spotlight, as Congress sought to prevent the surprise medical bills these companies and medical providers often slap on American patients.
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This is far from the first time the FTC has been accused of letting tech giants get away with violating laws and receiving nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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Some also say it underscores a troubling flaw in the Canadian justice system, which often allows white-collar criminals to walk away with little more than a slap on the wrist.
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The latter earned him a slap on the wrist, a five-game suspension for the coming season, while the transgressions were written off as the contrivance and failings of an underling.
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But critics of the settlement, including Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, described the $20113 million penalty as a slap on the wrist for one of the world's richest companies.
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Iran openly claimed the ballistic missile attack on two Iraqi military bases housing U.S. forces, with its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling it a "slap on the face" for America.
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ET, a little more than two hours before the stock market was set to open down sharply after China's latest response to the tariffs Trump decided to slap on the country.
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The vote is more of a slap on Trump's wrist than a real effort to block his ability to escalate a mounting trade war with China and other key trading partners.
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Chris Johnson is breathing easier today ... TMZ Sports has learned the ex-NFL superstar only got a slap on the wrist after he was accused of choking a valet last year.
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The company was fined $1 million after the scandal became public, a sanction that critics said was a slap on the wrist for a company with annual revenues of $17 billion.
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AppZen then figures out if it's worth a nudge (like an email), a slap on the wrist (like telling the employee to pay), or worth escalating higher if it's a continuing issue.
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As soon as news of the settlement broke, Democrats put out scathing statements, calling the deal anything from a "joke" to a "slap on the wrist" for such overwhelming allegations of abuse.
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I throw my wet hair in a top knot, slap on blush and Boy Brow, and walk over to a local coffee shop to meet the boys' mom I babysat last night.
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I will never turn down a chance to slap on a sheet mask, Instagram a dissolving bath bomb, and precariously balance my laptop on the closed toilet to hate-watch The Bachelor.
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This basically amounts to a slap on the wrist for the company, which previously instituted a program called "the Macro" that helped it skirt regulatory requirements in order to grow more quickly.
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The IOC could have shown, with fist-pounding clarity and once and for all, that widespread fraud will be treated with more than a stern warning and a slap on the wrist.
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In LED-lit parks beneath climate-controlling geodesic domes, happy, well-balanced citizens will puff on DMT vapes or slap on a short-acting transdermal mushroom patch for a quick psychic lift.
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Although Abe is one of Trump's closest allies, the president has threatened to slap on 25% tariffs on car imports from Japan to smooth out what he calls an unfair trade imbalance.
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Good news for manicure novices, because instead of struggling to free-hand a rose design on your finger nail, you can slap on a Jamberry wrap in a fraction of the time.
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And it was Obama who refused to reinstate Glass-Steagall and instead signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which was little more than a slap on the wrist of Wall Street.
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"I feel like there's still this idea among women that 'single' is a negative state of being instead of just another label for society to slap on you," Del Russo tells me.
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For you and your Pennywise-lovin' pals to qualify as "clowns" for the evening, slap on some makeup, a wig, a costume, a foam nose, some oversized shoes, or any combination therein.
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The solution is not to slap on huge tariffs and start a disastrous trade war, as Mr. Trump suggests, but to develop new jobs requiring the higher skill levels of American workers.
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Critics worry that Facebook, despite front-page privacy violations and scandals, will eventually receive a slap on the wrist in the United States without substantive changes to its business practices (The Hill).
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Almost every strike you see in the wrestling ring is accompanied by a slap on the thigh (for that head kick noise) or a stamp on the mat to produce some sound.
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My intuition is that Trump ultimately is going to be less referee and more International Olympic Committee anti-doping commission: lots of rhetoric, but a slap on the wrist in the end.
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In 2018, it often seems like you can pretty much spin the wheel of business ideas, slap on a sans serif font, funnel venture capital into it, and millennials will trust it.
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This is certainly a step in the right direction, but I'll be watching to make sure the FCC doesn't just let these lawbreakers off the hook with a slap on the wrist.
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In a speech following the missile attacks, Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the barrage a "slap on the face" to the U.S. "Such military actions are not enough," Khamenei tweeted.
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"Slip on a long-sleeve shirt, slap on a wide-brimmed hat, slop on the sunscreen, and use UV-protective sunglasses that wrap around the eyes when out in the sun," Lichtenfeld said.
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"What's certain is that the government will slap on more taxes by lowering the income tax exemption and will further cut pensions," former conservative Deputy Finance Minister Christos Satikouras said in a statement.
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In after-hours trading on Wednesday, Facebook's stock price shot up more than 8%, signaling that investors consider the estimated fine to be a slap on the wrist that could've been far worse.
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Slap-on identities like vegan, yogi, and spiritual seemed to be fill-ins for a kind of obsessional mad-libs, with the comforting bonus of suddenly belonging to an ideology greater than yourself.
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That's why I know that a life sentence is not a slap on the wrist, not for the person behind those bars, not for the people who love him despite his dark deeds.
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Image: MITImagine a near future when detectives looking for evidence in a murder investigation could slap on a pair of rubber gloves that would light up when the cop touched a certain chemicals.
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"If he didn't actually lie to anybody … it's a slap on the wrist," Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas who studies national security law, told me back in April.
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Repeatedly over the past three decades, Pakistan-based jihadist groups have struck targets in India, and repeatedly Pakistan has done little more to punish them than give a light slap on the wrist.
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Now, obviously, you can't go in too hard—slap on We Spit on Their Graves by Sutcliffe Jügend and you'll likely never get invited back to Romily's cosy little place on Well Street.
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The lenses probably aren't something you'd slap on your phone on a daily basis, but maybe something you'd take with you while traveling if you didn't want to take a full digital camera.
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Trump has signaled that the young crown prince has a free hand at home to imprison and execute and can continue his overseas adventurism with no more than a slap on the wrist.
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Despite Washington's recent aid cuts to Egypt, which came as a slap on the wrist after Egypt's bilateral relations with North Korea were exposed, that view is widely shared in the international community.
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And if you want to get in on the fun, you can slap on one of Build-A-Bear's fuzzy slap bracelets with a plush great white shark or blue shark on top.
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It escaped with just a $5 billion fine as part of its FTC settlement that some consider a slap on the wrist, especially since it won't have to significantly alter its business model.
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"Fifty cents a day for middle-class families is a slap on the wrist," said Maria Arias Evans, the principal of Washington Elementary School in San Jose, which is behind the Biblioteca Latinoamericana.
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The result is little more than a slap on the wrist when compared with the severity of the original charges that could have resulted in a prison term of more than eight years.
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While many believe the sum is simply a slap on the wrist for a behemoth like Facebook, it's still the largest amount the Federal Trade Commission has ever levied on a technology company.
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In a simpler world, Twitter would just ban abusers once and for all, instead of toying with measures like "limited account functionality," which is the internet equivalent of a slap on the hand.
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By doing so, the editorial board lets Mr. Trump off the hook for what he actually said, and instead gives him a slap on the wrist, admonishing him for idolizing the world's dictators.
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Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, said that "a fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook" and that Congress needed to act.
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It is documented publicly that Harvey had several NDA's hiding his past sexual assaults; whose only spanking was to take a slap on the wrist and pay a fine each and every time.
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"This is publicly known that it took so many resources away from Chicago's police department that, how are you going to justify it with giving him a slap on the wrist?" he said.
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If Jedrzejczyk didn't feel she could circle out, or felt she could land a good knee, she would slap on the double collar tie and dig a knee before breaking the line once again.
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NHL legend Ed Belfour pled guilty to being a drunken mess during last month's incident at a Kentucky hotel ... but the ex-goalie got nothing more than a slap on the wrist as punishment.
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After that, I slap on a clay face mask, pick out work outfits for the next two days, organize my socks and tights, and pack up online shopping returns that I keep putting off.
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Sure, it's not as Instagram-worthy or as easy to slap on as the sheet, but at the end of the day, it's about making your skin look its best — and powder delivers results.
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And a recent, much-shared article on Thought Catalog added a lot of fuel to the fire by claiming that reclining is such a d-bag move, it warrants a slap on the face.
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"She's the kind of girl you just want to slap… on the ass," Madonna, 57, told the packed audience adding, "and pull," right before exposing the concertgoer's chest by tugging on her strapless top.
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In 2011, Mitchell was criticized over what the Phoenix New Times newspaper called a "slap-on-the-wrist" plea deal for an elder in the Jehovah's Witness church who had abused a Phoenix teenager.
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Without firm action with real consequences for Russia, Moscow will once again receive from the West the dangerous message that whatever it does, the worst it can expect is a slap on the wrist.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has fined the company about $150,000 for multiple violations since 2009, but that amounts to a light slap on the wrist for a multi-million dollar energy company.
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ELSEWHERE ➔ Tech: Lawmakers and tech industry critics are frustrated that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a proposed $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its data practices, calling it a slap on the wrist.
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"This is yet another instance of a white athlete receiving a slap on the wrist for a violent sexual crime, following on the heels of the Brock Turner case in California," the petition said.
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Reverse half guard is a Maia trademark from which he will look to sneak his trapped knee straight to mount and slap on a kimura if the opponent's hand comes up to prevent it.
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The real crime here is that many of the most egregious actions of corporations like Purdue are legal—and even those that aren't rarely get punished by more than a slap on the wrist.
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Their admission, however, made it virtually certain that the Red Sox would be punished in some way, but, in the end, the Yankees did not get off without a slap on the wrist, either.
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And a bit of black humor along the way: In one scene, a dead man is propped up against a bar at his own wake, "getting the odd slap on the back" from mourners.
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But on Friday, critics within the FCC accused Pai of failing to swiftly bring its probe to a close — and for letting the carriers off with little more than a slap on the wrist.
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State officials fined the company $85033,000 in January — a slap on the wrist that pales in comparison to the damage caused and will do little to encourage better behavior by this billion-dollar corporation.
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As young people gear up to make their voices heard, these universities and colleges are making it clear that a slap on the wrist from school officials should be the least of their worries.
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And when my little Squisho (that's what I named him) finally arrived in the mail a few weeks later, I didn't hesitate to slap on my new phone case to proudly parade at the office.
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" He said perpetrators who are tied to gangs in the West and South sides of the city have shot, and will continue to shoot, others "because they continue to get a slap on the wrist.
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The new Panasonic GH5 camera comes with a 20mpx Four Thirds sensor, coupled with five-axis image stabilization built right into the camera body, meaning that any lens you slap on it becomes image stabilized.
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"I think this is the best possible outcome for everyone involved" said Ivan Feinseth of Tigress Financial Partners, who rates Tesla "neutral" and who called the SEC's penalty "a slap on the wrist" for Musk.
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Fleksy for Android and iOS is a good bet here, allowing you to tweak the colors and shades yourself, as well as slap on pre-made themes (some of which you'll have to pay for).
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William Calloway, who was crucial in the release of the dashcam footage, said the sentence felt like "a slap in the face to us and a slap on the wrist" for the officer, AP reported.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Labor Secretary Alex Acosta will leave office next week following brutal coverage of his role in letting accused rapist Jeffrey Epstein off with a slap on the wrist, President Trump announced Friday morning.
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General Motors' Cadillac is also working to keep humans in the driving loop — even if it requires an occasional slap on the wrist, via the driver-monitoring system developed by an Australian company, Seeing Machines.
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When she stands before the Council and reads from the Bible, she expects that at best she'll convince them to allow women to read again, and at worst she'll get a slap on the wrist.
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I slap on my skincare junk (Sunday Riley night oil and Enature birch juice hydro sleeping pack on my face and Loli aloe blueberry jelly on my neck and chest) and call it a night.
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However, with no clear actions taken regarding enforcement, the statement just acts as a proverbial slap on the wrist and provides no clear indication of the where the line is drawn for future token sales.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addressing a gathering of Iranians chanting "Death to America", said the attacks were a "slap on the face" of the United States and U.S. troops should leave the region.
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Letting these creeps go with a slap on the wrist has wide reverberations and creates a climate that just isn't fucking safe for comedians, and especially comedians who are women - but also comedy club staff.
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An opinion by the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit said Judge Kozinski exhibited "poor judgment" that "resulted in embarrassment to the institution of the federal judiciary" — the equivalent of a slap on the wrist.
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What's next: WADA can either give Russia a slap on the wrist and allow the country's reinstatement to remain, or it can declare Russia noncompliant — which could result in its athletes being banned from international competition.
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Because we've talked a bit about unwearables, as Kara calls them — you know, wearable gadgets that you slap on your wrist, or in some cases other parts of your body, and track your data for you.
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Given that the corporation had more than $2737 billion in revenue in 2870alone, even a fine in the low billions of dollars will amount to a slap on the wrist, a mere cost of doing business.
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The strongest populist argument is about double standards: it is wrong to let the rich get away with a slap on the wrist while poor youths are put in prison for possessing an ounce of cocaine.
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The consensus: the FTC gave the company a slap on the wrist, and Facebook's latest earnings report showed the social network earning three times as much in revenue as the FTC fine in just three months.
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It's his real name, sure, but it is also the sort of name you might slap on a default human being you built in a factory, one with no personality or human qualities to speak of.
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But days later, the SEC reverted to nearly the same settlement Musk had turned down, with a slap-on-the-wrist fine, a little adult supervision from the board, and prescribed monitoring of his tweets (seriously).
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But the slap on Conan's ginger-haired wrist, which according to Kaseberg's lawyer is "a victory" for "lesser known writers," represents one type of circle jerk in the comedy industry that no one really talks about.
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Typically, punishment for letting an errant "damn" slip out merited nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a removal of one's argument from the Record (Burke had called Blanton a "damn liar," after all).
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A second woman said he treated her "as if I were a little girl ... as if he were giving me a light slap on the behind", according to a document explaining the reasons for the ruling.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addressing a gathering of Iranians chanting "Death to America", said the attacks were a "slap on the face" of the United States and said U.S. troops should leave the region.
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But if you've got a handful of fun shots you'd love to slap on the fridge and share with anyone who passes through your kitchen, the $130 Polaroid Lab will be available starting on October 10.
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If Alex had froliced naked at Lord's, or the Oval, he would most likely have elicited a few drunken cheers, then been led off by a conspicuously amused policeman and given a halfhearted slap on the wrist.
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After his return two weeks later, my colleague Julia Alexander spoke to some streamers and pointed out that the short length of his ban was a slap on the wrist, something that might embolden other bad actors.
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When I played youth football, helmets were given out to players without much thought, with a few pumps of air and a hearty slap on the side of the head to check if it stayed in place.
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Secondly, this isn't a mask you just slap on, rinse, and go: It comes with two different components that you need to shake together, let dry, then peel off, which simply felt all too extra for me.
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"She clinched her part in The Wolf of Wall Street during our first meeting — by hauling off and giving Leonardo DiCaprio a thunderclap of a slap on the face, an improvisation that stunned us all," he wrote.
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Jackie Warner, who starred in a Bravo fitness show, struck an amazing plea bargain which amounts to a slap on the wrist compared to the punishment she could have received for driving drunk and attacking a cop.
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When the name Madam C.J. Walker comes up in conversation, the first title that most people slap on her is "first female American self-made millionaire" — an accolade listed in the 1910 Guinness Book of World Records.
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"When they turn 2628, it's basically, 'Happy birthday,' and then they slap on handcuffs and take them off to adult detention centers," Lisa Lehner, an attorney with the nonprofit Americans for Immigrant Justice, told the New Times.
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But, as Ingold is quick to remind me, this isn't a "hard game"—the penalty for these fainting spells are light, and are intended more as a slap on the wrist than a bloody "game over" screen.
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On a bad team, he will play more than he should, and will be exposed as someone whose foremost basketball skill is subtly landing an open-hand slap on the genitals of the player dribbling past him.
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He got a relative slap on the wrist from a league that still barely has a clue on how to handle domestic violence; you got to fill a hole in your defensive line on the relative cheap.
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Often, the long, painful process of reporting a sexual assault leads to nothing more than an invasion of the alleged victim's privacy, a possible triggering of traumatic memories, and a slap on the wrist for the accused.
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The guilty plea by the former deputy chief, Michael J. Harrington, amounted to an admission of administrative wrongdoing, a slap on the wrist compared with the quid pro quo corruption charges that federal prosecutors had originally delivered.
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But Brock Turner apparently didn't learn that life lesson, and with friends and family reinforcing him like this—not to mention a slap on the wrist from Judge Persky—you have to wonder if he ever will.
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"They propose a scare-you-to-death fine, you talk to them, and then they give you a slap-on-the-wrist fine and go on their way," Peter Sachs, a Connecticut-based drone attorney told me.
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Given that the corporation had more than $55 billion in revenue in 2018 alone, even a fine in the low billions of dollars will amount to a slap on the wrist, a mere cost of doing business.
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Cases that are held up as demonstrating the purported success of carbon pricing, like a tax in British Columbia, mostly prove that if you slap on a modest carbon price, you will get a modest economic response.
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In every case, Bloomberg has received criticism, and in some cases, social media companies have hit the candidate with a slap on the wrist for these tactics that blur the lines between spam, misinformation, and clear advertising.
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And though he has personally condemned non-democratic regimes in places like Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua -- he's labeled them as socialist, the same pejorative characterization he likes to slap on Democrats whose views differ from his own.
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Spain estimates the duties, which the United States said on Wednesday it would slap on products including wine and cheese as punishment for illegal EU aircraft subsidies, will affect around 1 billion euros of exports a year.
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Iranian ballistics missile attacks on two Iraqi military bases housing American troops early Wednesday was a "slap on the face" to the U.S., Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech hours after the strikes.
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The laws governing how tech companies use the information are weak, particularly in the U.S., and enforcement often amounts to a slap on the wrist, with fines that are tiny compared with the tech giants' overall revenues.
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PARIS — A French farmer who smuggled African migrants to safety, defying the authorities in an effort that his supporters likened to the Underground Railroad, was essentially given a slap on the wrist by a court on Friday.
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Jim Himes (D-Conn.) described the Obama administration's response to Russian meddling as "barely a slap on the wrist," while President Trump tweeted on Friday asking why Obama did not work harder to stop Russian election meddling.
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That complaint could lead to penalties that range from a slap on the wrist to removal from the state bar, a spokesman for the New York State Unified Court System, Lucian Chalfen, told the New York Times.
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Thanks to a huge loophole, Verizon has so far barely gotten a slap on the wrist for its "supercookie" program, which has allowed the telecom giant to track and monetize its paying customers' web browsing habits without consent.
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Facebook took down the app and closed the program, but not before Apple gave it a slap on the wrist by revoking its enterprise certificates and causing a disruption of the company's ability to use internal iOS software.
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In his CNBC interview Thursday, Blumenthal called a $5 billion penalty "barely a tap, not even a slap on the wrist" and called for "structural remedies that protect privacy and consumers" in addition to "antitrust scrutiny" for Facebook.
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Several popular actors, actresses and athletes, who wield considerable influence through social media platforms, were given a relative slap on the wrist last week after being caught in a raid on an illegal party, local news outlets reported.
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The $572 million in damages that an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay on Monday for its role in the state's opioid crisis will most likely feel like a slap on the wrist for the major conglomerate.
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Slap on an individually packaged, serum-soaked sheet mask (often made of cellulose or cotton, but also offered in gel form), frighten your significant other with Freddy Krueger scary faces and come away with a more glowing countenance.
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Also significant in Werdum's game is his double collar tie which he will slap on when he misses punches, or over an opponent's guard as they cover up, and use to land knees to the body and head.
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Authoritarian leaders who once feared backlash from Washington if they went after American reporters now seem to be under the impression that they may get only a slap on the wrist — or even a nod and a wink.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries must take care not to damage food and medicine supply lines as they slap on border restrictions in the drive to curb the spread of coronavirus, the EU's executive arm said on Monday.
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Not to be gloomy, but that feels like an inevitability; companies with lots of money generally can do whatever they want, like buy private health data, or leak information with little more than a slap on the wrist.
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With a slap on the wrist -- a three-game suspension for Meyer -- and a pathetic press conference, Ohio State may have won its season opener, but enters the season as 0-2 in the court of public opinion.
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It was essentially a slap on the wrist, and a big defeat for the prosecution ... who wanted way more time -- we're told they wanted a year minimum, then scaled it down to 4 months and then 1 month.
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Chiefs fans were also aggrieved by a roughing-the-passer call on a second-and-7 in the fourth quarter after defensive lineman Chris Jones landed a seemingly innocuous slap on Brady's shoulder as he made a throw.
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Yet economists noted the increase in new export orders point to possible front-loading of U.S.-bound shipments to avoid potential tariff hikes that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to slap on another $300 billion of Chinese goods.
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When he later branched out into casinos, he got caught accepting an illegal loan from his father to stay afloat; he got off with a slap on the wrist and was allowed to continue in that business as well.
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Being told your genetic risk for certain diseases didn't make you any less likely to quit smoking or move more or even slap on some more sunscreen, according to a paper published in the British Medical Journal last year.
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He stole their mascot and waged a long-winded online harassment campaign against Paige Burton with it (an example of the way athletes are given a slap on the wrist, while Grayson Wentz was expelled for hacking someone's Twitter).
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I'm glad these bans are now being made automatically, but giving someone such a brief time out for spamming racial slurs in chat — and allowing them to continue doing it with a slap on the wrist — seems awfully generous.
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Some said they expected Beijing to offer Pyongyang a slap on the wrist, but others predicted that the pariah state's dubious claims of a hydrogen bomb could move the Chinese closer to the other regional leaders' point of view.
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When he later branched out into casinos, he got caught accepting an illegal loan from his father to stay afloat and got off with a slap on the wrist and was allowed to continue in that business as well.
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While the Fixers are urging the president to adopt their "decertify, waive, slap, and fix" plan, the Walkers are pressing for what could be called, a "wave, slap, and walk" approach: Wave goodbye, slap on sanctions, and walk away.
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At that time, Google walked away from the encounter without incurring any financial penalties and having committed itself only to vague promises to change some business practices — an outcome derided by many critics as a slap on the wrist.
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Slap on the wrist: Montana Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte is the guy who channeled his inner Randy Macho Man Savage and body slammed reporter Ben Jacobs of The Guardian for daring to ask him a question about health care.
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Xi made a personal request to Trump when it looked like ZTE could collapse as a result of U.S. actions, and the Trump administration gave the company effectively a slap on the wrist, allowing it to stay in business.
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Put the creatures in slo-mo, slap on some custom-scored Hans Zimmer, add some detailed foley effects (I couldn't help picturing the lucky person who makes the farting, whooshing noises for the dolphins), and you're good to go.
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"The F.T.C. has been a disappointment with its lack of enforcement in the past, which for Facebook and Google has amounted to a slap on the wrist," Senator Josh Hawley, a freshman Republican from Missouri, said in an interview.
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DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday the United States should withdraw from the region and said Tehran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq were "a slap on the face" for America.
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One of nauseating disgust because, once again, the world has been reminded that men can get away with seemingly whatever they damn well please with not so much as a slap on the wrist, while women must suffer the consequences.
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Some of the most interesting frontiers in mobile right now are limited by the form factor; for example, if you want real game controls or a high-end camera, you need to slap on an accessory (and maybe a bigger battery).
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What was clear between the two biggest stories, the DoJ approving the Sprint/T -Mobile merger and the FTC giving Facebook a $5 billion slap on the wrist, is that big tech has little to worry about its inertia being contained.
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The company is starting with an ambitious plan to slap on a "How2Recycle" label on all of its exclusive consumable packaging, while also working with experts and suppliers to make the packaging easier to reuse by the end of the year.
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So, in other words, Spotify gave Jones a slap on the wrist, which is exactly the same kind of treatment that has allowed him to continue expanding the influence of Infowars until it had the ear of the current president.
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After a trip to Swarovski HQ in Wattens, Austria, the NikeWomen Color and Material teams took a particular liking to the jewelry brand's sustainable Advanced Crystal formula, namely the Crystal Fabric they'd go on to slap on the Air Max 97.
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That bolsters the likelihood that the EU fine may be nothing more than a pricey slap on the wrist in the long-run — so long as the fine, which Google is appealing, doesn't have a substantial impact on Google's advertising machine.
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Which is great for us as MMA fans and (probably) great for Daniel Cormier as Jones' opponent, but the jury will remain out as to whether leniency and another slap on the wrist is really the best thing for Jon Jones.
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To hold otherwise would only reinforce the well-founded belief within the intelligence community that rules are only for the little people and that senior officials will never get anything other than a slap on the wrist for similar misconduct.
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"There's a feeling that you can do this stuff, and you'll just get a slap on the wrist," said Nicoletta Commins, a graduate student at the Berkeley School of Public Health and one of the three women suing the university.
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It's not a cute time to plan a date or give yourself a make-over—though if you want to slap on a sheet mask and soak your feet between laundry loads, that's not a bad way to work the vibe.
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In Silicon Valley and Washington circles, the news kicked off an informal parlor game of "Guess That Fine," with some speculating that even the high end of Facebook's public estimate would be little more than a slap on the wrist.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a Friday sermon that Iran's missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq this month delivered a "slap on the face" to the United States, showing the Islamic Republic had divine support.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran's missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq were "a slap on the face" for the United States and it should now pull its forces out of the region.
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When HR potentially disciplines the person or gives them a very light slap on the wrist and says, "Hey, please don't do that again," then what happens is that manager who is complained about might choose to sabotage you in return.
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We may have lost as many as six people going out and looking for him ... People were probably killed, and it could have been as many as six, trying to find him and then he gets a slap on the wrist.
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While it's good for children to be suspicious when a slap on the back becomes an arm around the shoulder then a pat on the butt, parents, too, should be wary of any progressive attempts to get a child alone.
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Infowars founder Alex Jones is getting another slap on the wrist from a major tech company: Spotify, the music streaming service that also streams podcasts, has removed multiple episode of "The Alex Jones Show" for violating the company's policies around hate speech.
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It's an intriguing argument, especially now that every other phone maker has abandoned the idea of modularity, but I still have to wonder if slap-on accessories really delivers on what made the concept of a modular phone so exciting back in 2015.
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It sounds like something out of Star Trek: a patch thinner than a band-aid that you slap on your arm and, within moments, it lights up with heart rate, blood sugar, and so on — then peels off a few days later.
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And since the Z2 Play is compatible with the Moto Mod platform, if I do need to extend its range away from the outlet, it's very easy to slap on a battery mod, such as the new TurboPower Pack, and keep going.
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However, regulators started taking a closer look at the industry in January this year and have since rolled out a series of rules for the industry including forcing exchanges to slap on trading fees and requiring them to strengthen oversight of customers' identities.
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The season 7 fan favorite and Trixie & Katya Show co-host will slap on her best big blonde wig and sparkly outfit to pay tribute to Parton on Thursday's all-new episode, and PEOPLE's got an exclusive sneak peek at her in action.
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While lawmakers are right to criticize this settlement as a slap on the wrist, ultimately no perfect deal could have been brokered: nothing short of the complete dissolution of Facebook would suffice to undo the deep breach of trust Zuckerberg has sown.
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The settlement, which lawmakers and privacy experts criticized as a "slap on the wrist" for a company whose revenues last year topped $55 billion, suggested that Facebook had moved past a major regulatory challenge that has dogged it over the last year.
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And given that its season opener is against the perennially underachieving yet uber-talented University of Southern California, a mere half-game slap on the wrist could tilt the scales in a contest that the Tide should win but very well could lose.
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Of course, this wasn't a mile and a half from Fenway, which might have earned a slap on the wrist, but directly over the park, which as the FAA notes above could lead to hundreds of thousands in fines and actual prison time.
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You can play with the looping mode; add filters like VHS grain, Pixel, and 3D; slap on text, frames, faces, or some "Deal With It" shades; and easily share to Twitter, Instagram, your texting app, or Facebook Messenger — but only if you want.
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Alternately, Trump can argue that even if the payments were technical violations of campaign finance laws, he should receive only a slap on the wrist because they ultimately were funded out of his own pocket, an arguably circuitous way of legalizing the payments.
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Critics of the Obama administration have claimed that it has vigorously pursued lower-level officials and government leakers, such as Edward Snowden, while giving a minor slap on the wrists to prominent officials such as Clinton and former CIA Director David Petraeus.
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"The death of Jeffrey Epstein does not end the need for justice for his victims or the right of the public to know why a prolific child molester got a slap on the wrist instead of a long prison sentence," said Rep.
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The meat is significantly less flavorful and juicy than what you might expect for ninety-eight dollars (that is, without the optional caviar), but, once you slap on the sweet bean sauce and roll up slices with cucumber and scallions, it still satisfies.
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Regulators had hoped the curbs would be enough of a slap on the wrist to deter investors for good and trading would remain in so-called 'lit exchanges' — where prices and trades are clearly visible - even after the limits expired in September.
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The back story: The bill was one of the first pieces of major legislation Congress sent Trump, and it served as a slap on the wrist: lawmakers gave themselves a new veto power to block the President from removing sanctions on Russia.
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Nick Diaz will leave his head out for the opponent to slap on a double collar tie, then grab the back of their head and shrug their hands across them, coming back with body shots, or he would cross face and shrug away.
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"When we have incidents of bias and hate in our schools, a lot of the time they are met with just a slap on the wrist, and a promise not to do it again," said Gurbir S. Grewal, the New Jersey attorney general.
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It doesn't have a coveted ROG logo to slap on every device marketed to gamers, but its new gamer laptop, the Odyssey, has an inexplicable center hinge that makes the screen loom over the keyboard like the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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As of last year, the agency has the power to enforce its rulings on major international sports federations; until last year, individual federations were allowed to take their own measures, and many let Russia get away with barely a slap on the wrist.
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In the article, Mr. Vargas was quoted as saying that the recommendation was "a slap on the wrist" and that his father, Norberto Vargas Sr., had once served seven years in prison for an accidental shooting — a crime eerily similar to Mr. Liang's.
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The fine was by far the largest the agency had ever issued, but to many critics, including Democratic FTC commissioners who voted against the order, it still amounted to little more than a slap on the wrist for such a massive company.
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However regulators started taking a closer look at the industry in January this year and have since rolled out a series of rules for the industry including forcing exchanges to slap on trading fees and requiring them to strengthen oversight of customers' identities.
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"Twenty-five countries have entered into the excessive deficit procedure and no-one has ever got a fine, so my gut feeling is that they (Italy) won't get one, just a slap on the wrist," said Lyn Graham-Taylor, strategist at Rabobank.
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Witnesses say they watched the woman ─ who was photographed wearing a tank top and shorts ─ leave the slow-moving line and step into the food prep area, where she proceeded to slap on a pair of gloves before getting down to work, WJAX reported.
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His probation was revoked -- but is now reinstated -- and instead of sending Rodman to jail, he was essentially given a slap on the wrist and told that if he messes up again in the next 2 years, he'll go to jail for 90 days.
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And because Petraeus received what amounted to a slap on the wrist for his actions, some say it would be tough to punish Clinton more for her actions if it's proven that information she sent was not classified at the time she sent it.
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The pair landed on the stadium's jumbotron, where the Shades of Blue star, 48, spotted their faces on the Kiss Cam and leaned in for a giddy peck from her boyfriend, 42, before laughing and playfully giving him a gentle slap on the face.
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It's also worth noting that the launch of this ADHD facetrap came in tandem with Fox's long-fraught relationship with soccer: a sport the corporation views as so boring that they need to slap on a soccer-illiterate Gus Johnson to spice things up.
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Her behaviour has earned her the label of "slag" – although, glaringly, this label has never been applied to Adam, who has bed-jumped a similar number of times, in addition to literally gaslighting someone and barely getting a slap on the wrist for it.
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Almost as soon as the FTC announced its $5 billion settlement with Facebook on Wednesday morning, lawmakers in both chambers emerged with scathing criticism, calling the agreement a slap on the wrist for a company that recorded almost $56 billion in revenue last year.
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For example, when one woman filed a lawsuit alleging that her supervisor fired her after she complained about him slapping her on the butt, a federal judge decided that it wasn't reasonable for a worker to think that a slap on the butt was harassment.
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" Later, after Lisser asked to go home because she felt physically ill from his remarks, Schuler told her: "If you think that little slap on the wrist that I got from [HR] was going to make this go away, you only dug your grave deeper.
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Sometimes these are funny, as with an incident report wherein Gaynor received a "slap on the wrist" for telling a drunk to "jump in the lake" — "I got the idea from watching too many Dirty Harry movies," Gaynor says on an accompanying Post-it note.
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"An awful lot of American kids don't realize that the kinds of things that in United States society we tolerate with a slap on the wrist, a lot of countries they take very seriously," John F. Kelly, the president's chief of staff, said on Tuesday.
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It's also hard to reconcile ESPN's decision to suspend Jemele Hill for not quite calling for a boycott with the outspokenness that ESPN prizes in anchors who are not black women, who say things much more offensive and only get a slap on the wrist.
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"Your lenient sentence amounts to a slap on the wrist for a serial rapist whose violent and sadistic sex crimes will haunt his victims for years to come," six state and local officials, all women, wrote to Judge Ehlke in a letter on Tuesday.
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Almost as soon as the FTC announced its $5 billion settlement with Facebook in July, bipartisan lawmakers in both chambers emerged with scathing criticism, calling the agreement a slap on the wrist for a company that recorded almost $85033 billion in revenue last year.
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After calling Mr. Thompson's recommendation "a slap on the wrist," the juror was quoted as saying that his own father had served seven years in prison for accidentally shooting a friend — an act not dissimilar to the one in which Mr. Liang was convicted.
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The title of the documentary "The Sunshine Makers" — about two trippy American renegades who produced millions of hits of LSD and helped turn on the United States of Acid — sounds like one of those old citrus labels that growers used to slap on wooden crates.
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"Jens David Ohlin, a vice dean at Cornell Law School and an expert on criminal and constitutional law, told Insider that though Stone's sentence was lighter than what was originally requested, it was still "substantial" and "much more than a slap on the wrist.
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"If they slap on a 35 percent (tariff) it would destroy the American economy," he said at an event in Mexico City, referring to Trump's threat to put a 35 percent tax on many goods manufactured in Mexico and shipped to the United States.
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At least $150 million of the proposed award would consist of punitive damages, which Wood said "would be a hard slap on the wrist" for Musk, the Tesla chief executive and SpaceX founder who during the trial estimated his own net worth at $20 billion.
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But the Emmys also didn't hurt the show, and they gave AMC something it could slap on DVD cases and advertisements for Mad Men, something a little weightier than a brag about the Golden Globes (where TV has always felt a bit like an afterthought).
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His announcement comes in the wake of the sentencing of Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer who got what many legal observers say was a "slap on the wrist" for sexually assaulting a 23-year-old unconscious woman behind a trash bin on the university's campus.
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The increase in new export orders point to possible front-loading of U.S.-bound shipments by some firms to avoid potential tariff hikes that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to slap on another $300 billion of Chinese goods, analysts at Nomura wrote in a note.
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The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating whether Facebook's approach to sharing user information violated a 2011 legal agreement that could in theory result in massive fines, though its historic approach to the issue suggests it is more likely to issue a relative slap on the wrist.
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The ban is a significant blow to the current group of Cardinals players—in particular for two seniors who transferred into the university specifically to have one last shot of making the tournament—but it's barely a slap on the wrist for the program as a whole.
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And while WhatsApp has largely escaped with a slap on the wrist for now, reports noting that the government has asked telecom providers to explore the possibility of blocking Facebook, WhatsApp, and other messaging apps during emergencies suggest the company could be in for future problems.
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If they get off with a slap on the wrist, the entire process seems undermined yet again and fans continue to ponder whether a fighter who would willingly cheat under the scrutiny of random testing might also have cheated during the earlier part of his career.
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We all have very different skin-care routines — some of us wake up every single morning pumped to take on our 10-step Korean-inspired skin-care rituals, while others would rather sleep in, slap on a moisturizer (with SPF, ofc), and call it a day.
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When that's done, I go wash the benzoyl off with micellar water, slap on niacinamide, two moisturizers, and more sunscreen, and have the same debate as yesterday regarding makeup — especially as there might be a couple people at the beach today I don't like very much.
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"What they sought was to strike a balance - to help the employer save face, not to lose, and at the same time, not to jail Andy, to let him go with a slap on his wrist... but I don't think they satisfied anyone really," Pajkovski said.
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The call for more scrutiny comes days after the OSC revealed that it had given one of the commissioners, Mike O'Rielly, a slap on the wrist for violating the ethics law during a CPAC panel discussion during which he called on voters to re-elect President Trump.
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We're in the thick of the season, my friends, and like the bounty of any good summer harvest there's a lot to digest—so slap on some SPF and crack a cold bev of your choice, 'cause summer is fleeting and there's no time to waste.
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All eight face identical charges that go a lot further than a slap on the wrist: not just three misdemeanors for property damage and defacing, but also two felonies, inciting a riot and participating in a riot where there is property damage in excess of $1,500.
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" Maria Garcia from Comite Comadre, a group that supports asylum-seekers and fights against deportations, told Hyperallergic that the museum's claims to be "a safe place for unsafe ideas," as stated by Weinberg, is "a slap on the face of their workers and the public at large.
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Her abuser receives a slap on the wrist (actually, it's more of a caress — marriage to a loving woman), and Isabella herself, a novitiate who has spent the entire play battling for her chastity, is saddled with an unrefusable marriage proposal to an even more powerful man.
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JERUSALEM — Naama Issachar was boarding a connecting flight at the Moscow airport on her way home to Israel last April when the authorities found a few grams of marijuana in her luggage, an amount so small her lawyer predicted it would draw a slap on the wrist.
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Between the lines: Facebook just fired a starters' pistol on a game of Whac-a-mole, in which trolls and pranksters will run for office, or claim to be doing so, and creators of fraudulent content will slap on an "opinion" or "satire" label to protect it.
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Critics included members of Congress, as Natasha Singer and Kate Conger reported in the New York Times: Critics of the settlement, including Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, described the $170 million penalty as a slap on the wrist for one of the world's richest companies.
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The singer said jokingly: "She's the kind of girl you just want to slap on the ass, and pull," before tugging on the girl's corset top, which came down, briefly revealing her breast, drawing gasps and cheers from the crowd and later a backlash on social media.
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Economists noted increased in new export orders pointed to possible front-loading of U.S.-bound shipments to avoid potential tariff hikes that U.S. President Donald Trump - who kicked off a potentially confrontational state visit to Britain on Monday - had threatened to slap on another $312.43 billion of Chinese goods.
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And for those of us who can't fly private in our laser goggles (looking at you, Kim Kardashian) or slap on a mask (à la Chrissy Teigen) for fear of frightening our fellow coach passengers, fighting the effects of that dry, recirculated air requires a little pre-trip prep.
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His visit to Washington strengthened him at home, certainly among the right; dodged and diluted the issue of Palestinian statehood; and the slap on the wrist on settlements during the presser with Trump only helped him domestically by giving him a talking point to restrain his most conservative MPs.
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The punishment is worse than it would have been if Musk had settled on Thursday, but it's still largely a slap on the wrist, and it indeed puts Musk and Tesla on a significantly stronger footing, governance-wise, than they were before Musk's fateful (and very expensive) tweet.
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I'm also a huge fan of Fur's Fur Oil, which not only hydrates your pubic area and coarse hair, but contains antimicrobial tea tree oil and inflammation-reducing clary sage oil to prevent ingrown hairs in the first place (it's the perfect product to slap on post-shave).
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Lucky for us — and our last-minute Sasha Fierce-inspired Halloween needs — it's pretty easy to recreate the look, as we saw with the viral D.I.Y. Yeezy boot: Just throw some glitter on a pair of green tube socks, slap on some magical unicorn stickers, and get in formation.
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I got bangs a while back so I can no longer wash my hair at night, so I opt for just a body shower to make tomorrow morning go faster, wash my face with an H-E-B makeup remover wipe, and then slap on some random moisturizer.
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Economists noted increases in new export orders pointed to possible front-loading of U.S.-bound shipments to avoid potential tariff hikes that U.S. President Donald Trump - who kicked off a potentially confrontational state visit to Britain on Monday - had threatened to slap on another $25 billion of Chinese goods.
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One young reporter who works for a major government news outlet said he and his colleagues had been brought into a room two weeks ago and reminded that anything posted to social media regarding Mr. Obama's visit would result in more than just a slap on the wrist.
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"A slap on the wrist for any credibly accused harasser is totally unacceptable and unjust, no matter how much money they bring in or what amazing products they helped build," said another employee from the Cambridge office who asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions at work.
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Vasquez was arrested for domestic violence in Texas back in August 2016 -- and despite the fact officials had the video showing him backhanding the woman in the face and continuing to beat her while dragging her down a stairwell ... he basically got off with a slap on the wrist.
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But Yammoo doesn't need to make the "YouTube face" or slap on some hyperbolic text in the image to get clicks; her supersized creations, already exaggerated in size, are enough to pull viewers in to learn more about the food and the kind of person who would make such a thing.
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"Grant Hill is defending him out by our basket and he jumps up and I say, 'Good defense,' and (Kobe) moves the jump shot to another angle and makes it and turns around and give me a nice little slap on the hip and says, 'Not good enough,'" Gentry said.
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Testifying in front of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, major U.S. companies including Best Buy, HP and Hallmark Cards are voicing concerns about how the additional tariffs that President Donald Trump threatened to slap on China would impact their businesses and cause them to lose business to foreign competitors.
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But archaeologists like Amr Al-Azm have suggested that this is more like a slap on the wrist: though they are being forced to forfeit thousands of artifacts in question, they are paying what (given the Green family's massive wealth) is essentially a token fine, and serving no jail time.
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Related: This Serum Seriously Reduces Acne & Acne ScarsEnter: A fancy lifting-and-firming treatment that asks you to tap three pumps of serum around the eyes, slap on cloth pads to push the active ingredients in deeper (think of it as a sheet mask), and sit back for 15 minutes.
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While massive by the standards of tech companies, which too frequently get off with a slap on the wrist of lax data privacy practices which endanger users, the FTC's fine still represents less than a third of the company's $15.08 billion earnings from just the first quarter of this year.
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Read more: Why Facebook's stock jumped despite facing a record-breaking $5 billion FTC penalty: 'A slap on the wrist'The fine is a record for the FTC — a move seemingly intended to set a precedent for the kind of punishment that tech giants could receive for mishandling their users' data.
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"Kownacki also said Miller, who failed multiple drug tests earlier this year, is his friend and he wishes him the best, but he's still calling for more severe punishment for those who fail tests rather than "a slap on the hand" so it's clear "they can't get away with that stuff.
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So maybe it would be worth trying to actually negotiate with Stephen Miller, rather than telling Trump that he needs to lock his adviser in a filing cabinet, slap on a "beware of leopard" sign, and hustle out to the Rose Garden to sign whatever Durbin and Graham have hashed out.
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Last month, the day after the company predicted in an earnings call that it would need to pay up to $22009 billion as a penalty for its negligence — a slap on the wrist — Facebook's shares surged 25 percent, adding $21984 billion to its value, six times the size of the fine.
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"It's also hard to reconcile ESPN's decision to suspend Jemele Hill for not quite calling for a boycott with the outspokenness that ESPN prizes in anchors who are not black women, who say things much more offensive and only get a slap on the wrist," argues Kashana Cauley, a television writer.
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So now, if you're incapable of the Daliesque feats of imagination needed to imagine yourself patting your hands against an invisible wall or pulling an invisible rope, you can slap on a Oculus Rift and let the magic of modern technology serve up virtual ropes and walls to get you started.
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Then there's the fact that while $5 billion is a very large number, and a giant one for an FTC fine — the next-largest fine it has aimed against a Silicon Valley company was a $23 million slap-on-the-wrist for Google, in 2012 — it is a very doable number for Facebook.
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An argument can be made that Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonThe magic of majority rule in elections The return of Ken Starr Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress MORE violated election law by blocking voters' access to the polls in Massachusetts without so much as a slap on the wrist.
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After that decision, The Daily News published an article quoting Mr. Vargas as saying that the punishment — or lack of it — was "a slap on the wrist" and that his father, Norberto Vargas Sr., had once served seven years in prison for an accidental shooting, a crime oddly similar to Mr. Liang's.
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I slap on my widest fake smile, manage to yank off my cleated spinning shoe, and say, "Woot!" as a way of signaling conversation over but even as I do I have a sinking feeling that I'm about to be having more conversations like this everywhere — or at least more than usual.
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"Billy Budd" taps into male love that most men — gay, straight and all the blurred lines in between — often would rather avoid: how to express love over objectification, or affection that is deeper than a football slap on the shoulder or an "I love you, man!" moment after a couple of beers.
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The administrative law judge, however, found only that she was negligent in not ensuring the change was properly disclosed to investors in reports issued before the sale of the securities, imposing a $7,10 fine and an order to cease and desist from future violations – not much more than a slap on the wrist.
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You cannot put more seats in Madison Square Garden or the O2 Arena—although you can add more shows, as LCD Soundsystem did in 2011 after scalpers gutted fans for tickets; or, in the case of some venues, deliberately oversell the show on the down-low and slap on more dates later.
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That's especially problematic in a culture where victims of sexual violence already hesitate to engage in the criminal justice system: Why undergo the emotional burden of facing one's attacker at a trial and risk retraumatization when it appears, in Persky's courtroom anyway, the punishment will be nothing short of a slap on the wrist?
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They don't spend their Sunday afternoons elbowing their way through the aisles of a crowded Trader Joe's, they don't schlep their groceries back home on the bus after, and when they have a big event coming up, they sure as hell don't slap on a sheet mask or some makeup and hope for the best.
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Your plan is to just keep scraping at those zits—big and small—for the next week to keep them pruned until the big day, slap on a half-gallon of concealer for the photos, and then deal with the facial fallout once your cuz and her partner are off to Hawaii for the honeymoon.
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VICE's previous report on the shady marketing antics of CBD companies pointed out that Sunday Riley, when found guilty of paying for fake reviews, got little more than a slap on the wrist; there's little incentive for companies to play by the rules, especially when, in CBD's case, the rules are still so vague.
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The FTC's decision to let Google off with essentially a slap on the wrist — requiring only modest changes to the company's patent and business practices — drew intense criticism, particularly after The Wall Street Journal reported that the commissioners at the time went against an FTC staff report recommending an antitrust lawsuit against the company.
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Trump is typical, rather than unusual, in enjoying this kind of slap-on-the-wrist approach to white-collar crime — just ask the executives whose banks reached big-ticket settlements with the Obama Justice Department all while seeing share prices and compensation packages rise, with nobody's business ruined and no individuals held legally responsible.
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A simple, elegant cream that needs no other reinforcement to do its job and do it well, something you can slap on straight from the jar and not have to worry about your skin not getting the essential nutrients it needs because you only managed to put on one of your eight usual serums before you tumbled into bed.
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While most of us use cross-country flights as another excuse to drink terrible wine, slap on a sheet mask and sport slouchy sweatpants in the "comfort" of an economy-sized seat, Olivia Munn has other plans: The actress recently spent her three-plus hours in the sky as an opportunity to squeeze in a quick workout.
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Ultimately, another $20 million—not even $1,500 per driver before legal fees, after half a decade in court—is just another slap on the wrist for a company with a track record of allegedly skirting labor laws and generally doing whatever the hell they feel like, to the detriment of its workers and the places it operates.
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Read more: The FTC has approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with FacebookMany have characterized it as essentially a slap on the wrist for Zuckerberg and his social-media company in the way of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, where data from over 50 million Facebook users was used without permission by a political data analytics firm.
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In part this is because any new law is likely to have loopholes; any public understanding of data protections sufficiently is easy to obfuscate; any fine is a slap on the wrist; any new outbreak—whether in the form of data or as memes that lead to ethnic cleansing—is easily contained through distraction and promises to do better.
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Mr. Morell explained this slap-on-the-wrist approach was warranted by the laudable motives Mr. Rodriguez had for ordering the destruction of the tapes: namely, to protect against leaks that might set off a backlash similar to the violence that occurred after the release of the photos of torture from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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It's never been more apparent where the balance of power lies on Twitter — a site where you can threaten to erase whole countries, advocate "white ethnostates," and generally be a steaming garbage pile of a human being without apparent consequence, but you can't tweet about your own sexual assault without getting a slap on the wrist.
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What else can explain why tens of thousands of Chinese Americans flooded the streets in 22013 to protest the conviction of New York police officer Peter Liang in the killing of Akai Gurley, an unarmed black man, believing he should have received the same treatment as white police officers who had killed black Americans with nary a slap on the wrist?
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"If Facebook cannot be trusted with America's private information, why should it be trusted with its money?" asked Senator Ed Markey, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, who likewise blasted the settlement as a "slap on the wrist" and a "partisan abdication of the FTC's duty" that will ultimately fail, he warned, to end Facebook's privacy malpractice.
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To the Editor: Re "When $5 Billion Is a Slap on the Wrist," by Charlie Warzel ("The Privacy Project," Opinion, April 29): Facebook has taken a page out of Goldman Sachs's playbook: Pay billions in fines as a cost of doing business but continue doing "God's work," as Goldman Sachs's former chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, described his company's mission in 2009.
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Here's a look at some of the laws passed that make it a breeze for men like Paddock to build mass collections of lethal weapons without so much as a slap on the wrist: Along with the 275 weapons which police found in Paddock's hotel room, officials found at least 2000 bump stocks, attachments designed to make semi-automatic weapons function like automatic ones.
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The lesson in this contrast is that hate-group organizers and their supporters respond to signals, and the signal Paul Ryan wants to send them is that he will meet their ascendency with a Facebook post, an exceedingly gentle slap on the wrist for the president, and a strongly worded rejection of any meaningful efforts to drive them out of the sphere of acceptable discourse.
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Medical organizations including the American Red Cross and American Heart Association have been flip-flopping for and against the Heimlich Maneuver since it was unveiled publicly in a June 1974 article in the medical journal Emergency Medicine, but for all its teaching in classrooms and first aid courses, there's never been hard evidence for why it'd work better than a slap on the back.
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Ostensibly, influencers are supposed to prominently disclose if they have received anything—be it money, free products, or something else—that could impact how a viewer interprets their endorsement of a product or brand, but enforcement is rare, and the few influencers who are caught by agencies like the Federal Trade Commission are almost exclusively celebrities and usually let off with a mere slap on the wrist.
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Although this show is as well-intended as it can be — trying to batter down the barriers between those whom Cooke prefers to describe as "outliers" and the truly American vanguard artists — it inevitably seems to give a kind of "slap-on-the-back" appreciation for those who often felt no need to be appreciated since they simply went about creating art without any institutional approval.
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In an era where I had to choose between voting for a man who had bragged about sexual assault or a woman who had enabled a husband accused of it, in an era where we can't even convict Bill Cosby of sexual assault, in an era when a Brock Turner-type gets nothing but a slap on the wrist, the general public still has to be convinced that rape and sexual harassment are real problems.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE plans to call on "all responsible states" to combat Pyongyang's ability to implement hostile cyber attacks, as well as rally the United Nations Security Council to slap on all "relevant" sanctions in response, a U.S. official familiar with the matter told The Washington Post on Monday.
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