He taunted Mr Brown for failing to deliver better schools or hospitals.

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He also taunted Labour over the power of the Unite union over its finances and the link with Ms Harman's husband, Jack Dromey, who is the union's deputy general secretary.

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Wells, who spent 12 years with Toronto before being traded to the Los Angeles Angels prior to the 2011 season, said he was taunted throughout by fans in the left field seats.

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And victory will have tasted sweet for Ferdinand after he was taunted by Chelsea's fans following Fabio Capello's decision to reinstate John Terry to the England captaincy in place of the Manchester United defender.

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His parents say he had been taunted through primary school and routinely attacked throughout his secondary school career.

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Carson was walking with a companion when he was followed and taunted before being shot in the face on a street blocks from the Stonewall Inn early Saturday, police said.

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"But both he and his lawyers almost taunted us and said if we are ever stripped of those titles, we will give you the money back, " Tillotson said Wednesday.

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Once, in middle school, he was surrounded in the cafeteria by classmates who taunted him for carrying his violin and suggested, mockingly, that he play it.

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They claim he had been "bullied and taunted" throughout the trip by five people.

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