| Half of his speech was taken up with the kind of political backslapping and one-line jokes normally reserved for campaign fundraisers. |
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| Occasionally there is too much glad-handing and backslapping, but overall it's a compelling complement to the film. |
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| A feast had been laid out but was soon demolished, amidst much handshaking, backslapping and reminiscences. |
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| Traditionally it's been a venue for blustering declarations from fulminating premiers, but today instead of foot-stamping there was backslapping. |
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| The settlement prompted much backslapping among advocates of the public's right to know. |
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| If you don't mind the mutual backslapping, it is an informative supplement to the film. |
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| Amid warm bear hugs and backslapping, the ex-army officer relived those old times and exchanged pleasantries with the serving officers. |
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| Their presentation featured a quirky opening video, thirty minutes of corporate backslapping, and few new products. |
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| He has zero experience in the punishing, hand-squeezing, backslapping world of retail politics where most campaigns are won and lost. |
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| He throws his hands to the air and thanks the Lord, in between shrieks of joy and backslapping from his friends. |
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| The mood was jovial, the speeches full of backslapping and congratulations. |
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| Since I was off yesterday and there was nothing on the telly I watched the self-congratulatory backslapping gathering in Trafalgar Square. |
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| He's a natural salesman, whose secret weapon is the sheer confidence and optimism that he exudes rather than backslapping bonhomie. |
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| It would appear I've accidentally said the wrong thing on a backslapping parade and critical perspectives are unwelcome. |
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| A bro hug, for the uninitiated, is a handshake that flows into a shoulder-first, backslapping embrace. |
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| Expecting rave reviews and backslapping verification, he invited two dozen training experts to stop by in November to become test subjects. |
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| Twenty-two minutes from a gold medal and with it the promise of a lifetime of backslapping, banquet invitations, halls of fame. |
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| I don't mean to say that Americans are a nation of superficial, backslapping enjoyers and happy-makers, as opposed to our suffering Slavic souls. |
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| That means style queens are going to feel a lot more comfortable in New Town's urbane outposts than the boozy, backslapping pubs of Old Town. |
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| At the port, what started out as a backslapping exercise by the general shifted after a good-natured jibe from one of the enlisted soldiers. |
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| On the whole, the meeting has the backslapping atmosphere of counselors returning to camp. |
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| But behind the smiles and the backslapping, the record industry is fighting for its life. |
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| Mr Moore played the eternally affable, backslapping politician, who smoothed feathers and brokered deals in a haze of cigarette smoke. |
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| Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping. |
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| The trio reaches annoying heights of self-congratulatory backslapping on occasion, but on the whole there's an honest, cheerful camaraderie between the participants. |
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| Mr President, after so much work over such a long period this package does not merit the backslapping and self congratulation we have seen today. |
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| Expect lots of bonhomous backslapping over the next two days. |
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| Heller took war as his subject, but he didn't write about backslapping brothers in arms. |
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| However, within weeks of the raid, Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe was again on backslapping terms with President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. |
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| Several hundred teenagers dressed in patent leather shoes and crisp green U.S. Army uniforms are greeting and backslapping each other in the crowded school hallway. |
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| The audience exploded into waves of applause and general backslapping. |
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| No matter how many times I say that award ceremonies are pointless industry backslapping, I still can't help but be a teeny bit interested in them. |
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| And that's why you date the guy who takes you out for dinner, and just become backslapping buddies with the chap that makes you pay for his pizza. |
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| The six-foot redhead is known as a disciplinarian and a diplomat, a gregarious, backslapping sort who goes to extraordinary lengths to inspire the troops. |
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| And I think that people who are extroverted just love the backslapping and all that stuff. |
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| I REALLY enjoyed watching the annual backslapping on the National Television Awards. |
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| The new CEO made a spectacular entrance, glad-handing, backslapping, and conversant in management speak. |
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| Poor Jennifer Aniston hasn't had much luck at this year's backslapping season, but there's one award she will forever have in the bag. |
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| Money talks Trainer Chris Down came in for lots of backslapping after Nothing Is Forever landed a touch in the 2m handicap hurdle. |
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| The annual backslapping football gala has now become something akin to the Ballon Bore. |
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| Allow me to make a suggestion: beware of too much backslapping, of overly polished assessments, of commitments that are abstract and wordy on the major principles but evasive on the issues that cause anger! |
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| Perhaps the brand of bland backslapping plied by the motley crew of ex-jockeys and yes-men on other channels is more to his liking? |
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| At the Globes, the night is all bonhomie, backslapping and table-hopping. |
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| Scott is no more interested in the companionable, backslapping aspect of previous Robins than his director of photography, John Mathieson, is in the emerald glitter of a forest. |
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| No dream team for Karzai Charter members ReprintsA dream team of Afghanistan-watchers, however, may be a nightmare for Mr Karzai, who enjoys a hearty, backslapping friendship with the loyal Mr Bush. |
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| What I had anticipated was that after a few words from myself, outlining the situation, there would have been roars of jolly mirth, followed by apologies and backslapping. |
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| Think backslapping, friendly, gregarious, hypersocial extroverts in sport coats. |
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| So, in addition to the backslapping of a century and a half that shaped the entire game, 2013 will deliver a judgement on Hodgson's management. |
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| So tittered host Graham Norton at the start of the luvvy backslapping. |
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| Cue a pratfall, some backslapping, laughter and then an angry word or two. |
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