He whacked New Mexico's top income-tax rate by 40% and capital gains by 50%.

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While he deliberately increased the numbers of police and teachers, he whacked away at the employment rolls everywhere else.

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He swung it around, he stabbed trees and rocks, he whacked branches and relieved them of their snowy burden.

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Anthony is battling a sore left shoulder, an injury originally sustained when he was whacked in a victory over the Pacers on April 14.

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He played patiently from the baseline, mixing the pace of his shots to win a succession of long rallies, and he repeatedly whacked winners when Djokovic tried to force the issue by coming forward.

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So he grabbed a sword he kept behind his bedroom door and--still wrapped in his plaid bathrobe--whacked the guy.

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