There will be considerable backslapping and mutual self-congratulation that they have prevented Depression 2.0.

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Heller took war as his subject, but he didn't write about backslapping brothers in arms.

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Amid the backslapping and hand-shaking, there was no talk about Iraq and no mention of President Bush.

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So does the wall-to-wall fund-raising that calls for physical prowess ranging from gladhanding and backslapping to buttonholing and you-know-what-kissing.

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Most public figures are all outward passion, all backslapping, bear hugs, and (when the occasion calls for it) barely repressed tears.

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The backslapping that took place last year, with visits by South Korea's president and America's then secretary of state, now seems rather distant.

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Welcome to the new Wall Street, where back-office work trumps backslapping.

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The backslapping is supposed to prime gamers to keep spending.

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Planting himself beneath a basket, he took several action photos and a perfectly framed shot of Chamberlain at game's end walking off the floor, surrounded by the sons of chocolate factory workers, backslapping, reverential, packed 10 deep.

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We leave, at least, with an idea of where people stand on the big issues -- provided you can see through the panegyrics of self congratulatory backslapping that always takes place whenever you get like minded people in one place.

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