gangbusters

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While things aren't exactly going gangbusters, the action has been fairly consistent on both the South Holston and Watauga tailwater rivers.

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  • Patriotic fervour about the Olympics and angst about bad feng shui are elements of those Hong Kong nerve ends, but in truth, if the economy was still going gangbusters, as it has for the last few years, such distractions would count for little. —  The Australian | News |
  • Even though the PS2 is still going gangbusters, there is very active emulation scene happening for it. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Others that you expect to be par for the course go gangbusters -- inspiring droves of activism. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • While things aren't exactly going gangbusters, the action has been fairly consistent on both the South Holston and Watauga tailwater rivers. —  Kingsport Times News - Daily 5
  • One of the jokers makes a dead-baby joke which probably would've gone over like gangbusters, and been seen as nothing more than a joke wth no malice behind it just a few moments ago. —  MetaFilter Projects
 

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