When I had to spank the stuffed animals for being bad, I became the mean teacher.

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It now appears that the ugly stepchild of Great Recession-era parents Dodd-Frank, namely the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wants to spank banks where it hurts.

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The ball was fed out to the left-flank and the veteran Feyenoord left-back had time to look up and use his trusty left foot to spank an unstoppable 35-yard shot into the top corner.

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Investment bankers and their counterparts in private equity were competing to grab the same deals, prompting then-chairman Paulson to deliver what the Financial Times called a "Spank from Hank, " shuffling some execs as others quit.

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Still, 26% of parents "often" or "sometimes" spank their 19-to-35-month-old children, according to a 2004 study in the journal Pediatrics, which analyzed survey data collected by the federal government from 2, 068 parents of young children.

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Investment bankers and their counterparts in private equity were competing to grab the same deals, prompting then chairman Paulson to deliver what the Financial Times called a "Spank from Hank, " shuffling some execs as others quit.

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Some were just holding out for something they have never before seen from this President: a flat, clear admission of wrongdoing, stripped of self-pity or sophistry, that would allow them to spank him and move on.

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You should never spank a child.

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