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Pundits started to wonder whether the defeated Republicans had been smashed for a generation.How is it possible, just 21 months later, that the Democrats are expecting a thrashing next week and the Republicans look poised to take control of the House of Representatives, and maybe even the Senate?

There were police lying asleep on the floor; in the canteen, vending machines had been smashed open by officers desperate for food and drink.

His head had been smashed.

A car had been smashed and turned upside down.

The windows had been smashed.

Even the pot on the stove had been smashed.

Though the earliest example of humans killing machines that most people can think of is the Luddites, people had been smashing machines for years before that group came along.

B4 ARTS E1-8 For 'Black,' a Pile of Green Another box-office record has been smashed, this time for the biggest Independence Day weekend opening, prolonging a sizzling streak for Hollywood that has seen revenue running more than 20percentt above last year's figure at a time when other entertainment choices have seen flat or sinking popularity.

Another box-office record has been smashed, this time for the biggest Independence Day weekend opening, prolonging a sizzling streak for Hollywood that has seen revenue running more than 20percentt above last year's figure at a time when almost all other entertainment choices have seen either flat or sinking popularity.

But it's clear that the familiar presidential election template has been smashed, most likely for good.

"It is evident that the rail has been broken and has been smashed," Nicholas Pollard, a spokesman for the company, Railtrack, told Sky Television.