To clobber GM in this battle, Ford needs to create a car for consumers to trade up for in its Lincoln brand for when the economy recovers more, Whiston says.

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If the fiery Mr Dean can clobber Mr Gephardt in Iowa and Mr Kerry in New Hampshire, he may have the nomination in his grasp by early February.

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They come in, clobber you over the head, and then go away.

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The skew means a problem that is moderate in absolute terms could still clobber big parts of the system.

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These helped the AKP to clobber the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in much of the south-east in the July 2007 election.

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The first is the idea of pre-exposure prophylaxis in other words, giving ARVs to uninfected people to clobber any new infection before it can get going.

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After some idle chatter (we have known each other for longer than we might care to admit), she zeroes in on what I'm wearing, identifying it within seconds as somewhat ancient designer clobber.

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