1.   Although the ad never mentions Bradley, it is a direct slap at the former New Jersey senator.

2.   In Oregon and Arizona, the votes were direct slaps at state legislatures that had voted curbs on marijuana.

3.   Putin may be playing to nationalist and Slavic sentiment in Russia with his embrace of Belgrade, but these steps are a direct slap at Washington.

4.   Rejection by the Senate six days later is being interpreted by many diplomats and editorial writers abroad as a direct slap on the face of American allies and friends.

5.   The response was a direct slap at the Wilmington newspaper and its reporter, Valerie Helmbreck.

6.   In a direct slap at Clinton administration foreign policy, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to lift the arms embargo over Bosnia.

7.   In a direct slap at Clinton administration foreign policy, the Senate today voted overwhelmingly to lift the arms embargo over Bosnia.