USDA retracts 'Meatless Monday' plug

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11. Can the phrase "slap in the face" be declared off limits?

I just did a search for the phrase at Google News and came up with 4,910 hits. That's just from current news. Here are a few where it appear in the headline -- there are a lot more that use it in the body of the story:

Pollard supporters call Clinton's remarks a 'slap in the face'
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Secretary Clinton's apology to Pakistan is a slap in the face
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Emanuel's slap in the face to citizens
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U.S. Olympians uniform flap a slap in the face
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NFL Supplemental Draft 2012: Josh Gordon Pick Is Slap in the Face

7-Eleven Celebrates With FREE Slurpees: 'A Slap In the Face to Bloomberg'
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Richard Viguerie: Condoleeza Rice for VP a Slap in the Face to Conservatives

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean a Slap in the Face to Millions
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