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The Republican candidate, John Cornyn, may lack Mr Kirk's engaging personality and back-slapping manner.
ECONOMIST: Lexington
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At the start, it is true, the Germans were happily surprised by American back-slapping and smiles.
ECONOMIST: Germany comes out of its post-war shell
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His propensity for back-slapping and schmoozing can make one forget the time that Richardson has spent as a serious diplomat.
NPR: Richardson Makes His Bid Official, in Spanish
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With new popularity and success, he has learnt to relax, smile, even joke, though he will never be the back-slapping type.
ECONOMIST: Lionel Jospin, escape artist
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Instead, the overall effect of the extras is that they are back-slapping: some directly praise Moore and others show more people agreeing with him.
BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | DVD review: Fahrenheit 9/11
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If you go by the smiles and back-slapping that ended Franco-German consultations in Potsdam on November 30th and December 1st, he may have succeeded.
ECONOMIST: Where is it going? | The
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Thain, a dispassionate, numbers-driven executive lacking the back-slapping charisma of a Richard Grasso or a David Komansky, transformed the Big Board from its clubby ways to a global, electronically driven exchange group.
FORBES: Merrill Hires Mr. Fix-It
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With Humphreys kicking a penalty it seemed as though Ulster would end the half with a handy 15-8 lead, despite losing full-back Clinton Schifcofske to the sin-bin for slapping the ball away.
BBC: Ospreys 16-20 Ulster
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General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) tried this a few years back, taking its revered Pontiac GTO nameplate and slapping it on a rear-wheel-drive Holden imported from Australia.
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Back in 1999, Geocities had trouble monetizing its audience, slapping low-priced ads all over the site in a desperate attempt to monetize as much of its traffic as it could.
FORBES: Is Tumblr The New Geocities?
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General Motors tried this a few years back, taking its revered Pontiac GTO nameplate and slapping it on a rear-wheel-drive Holden imported from Australia.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Completely against the run of play, Sunderland briefly hit back, Zenden slapping the ball into the corner on his old stomping ground from Jones's knock-down.
BBC: Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland