Sentences with word «backslapping»

«If we vote to stay,» said the man who is now our Foreign Secretary, «then I am afraid the whole EU caravan carries blithely on; and when I think of the champagne - guzzling orgy of backslapping in Brussels that would follow a Remain vote on Friday, I want to weep.

Once the state's political leaders got past the congratulatory «atta - boys» and backslapping on their most recent effort to reform Albany, the public was left to dig through the details of the legislative agreement.

But as the two sat elbow to elbow, grinning and backslapping with sincere affection, it was easy to wonder just whose show this really was.

Can he really forget that he spent most of his days in the Senate backslapping Good Ole Joe Bruno the Crook every chance he had.

There was no shortage of applause, glad - handing, and backslapping at Albany City Hall Wednesday morning as Mayor Jerry Jennings, a Democrat, publicly announced what he had previously revealed in an open letter sent to members of the press and city officials Tuesday night announcing his intention not to seek reelection.

Read the Amtrak press release is you want all the usual congratulatory backslapping statements...

Which in Britain means it must be Turner Prize time, when nominated artists are backslapped by their friends, pilloried in the papers, and serenaded by their enemies with groans of envy and conspiratorial whispers that the whole prize jamboree is rigged / irrelevant / not - like - it - was - back - when - Tracey - got - drunk - on - TV - in -» 97 - and - anyway - what's - Keith - Allen - up - to - these - days?

For most CEOs, such a high - profile backslap would be the unquestioned highlight of any year.

Or let's not say a **** le, but the person who remains skeptical of such good times backslapping.

I was reading that pundit brotherhood all agree that Slaven Bilic's position as West Ham manager is secure and I would guess that Slav is a popular guy amongst the mutual backslapping football fraternity.

This is actually more than just a run of the mill backslapping session though as it centres around an interview between director Agnieszka Holland and Krystyna Chiger, one of the actual survivors of the ordeal.

The corps of macho professionals come together for a family gathering with spouses, greeting one another with comically loud backslaps.

He's a rum - sipping, backslapping picture of smiling privilege and dress - down entitlement.

An additional 19 minutes of cast and crew interviews includes thoughts from producers Heidi Jo Markel and Jordan Gertner, as well as plenty of cross-cut, backslapping praise by all the actors.

In further World at War backslapping news, Microsoft have announced that the DLC map pack has set a record for first - week downloads over Xbox Live, with more that 150 million multiplayer sessions recorded since the pack was released on Mar. 19.

Do you want an actual discussion / debate with real science comments (recently described seen as spoiling but in a sea of off - topic commentary) or simply cheer squad backslapping

Partner B meanwhile can glad - hand and backslap with the best of them, working the room like a stand - up comedian in full roar, but couldn't be relied upon to write a client newsletter if her life depended on it.

The Civic Center was filled with everything that made Chicago such an exhilarating and alarming city — jostling, shouting, joking, cajoling, backslapping, backstabbing, bargaining, dealing, favors granted, grudges paid with interest, intimidation, bribery, conciliation, grand gestures, obscene remarks, and the occasional spontaneous act of generosity.

There is no backslapping, no coffee cake — and no trust.

They were pawed and backslapped to exhaustion, leading a local paper to run the headline CLUTCH - AND - GRAB FANS HAIL CANUCKS, in wry response to the media's endless references to the team's style of play.

They stand next to one another in tunnel, after all, and you can see ex-colleagues, national teammates and friends exchanging handshakes, hugs, and backslaps.

Champagne corks continued to pop as Peter and Joan Fuller slowly made their way to the door — having been duly toasted, photographed, backslapped and otherwise congratulated on the victory of their colt, Dancer's Image, in the most celebrated horse race in the world.

It is certainly an indulgence that would not be granted to any managers outside the backslapping merry - go - round of British football men.

Paterson's great talent is as a conciliator, and maybe he can find a way to cajole and backslap the state down from the budget cliff.

Celebrations included fist pumps from IDS and and backslaps all round, while Labour party MPs were either absent or semi-comatose

Less than six years from this moment, we elect George W. Bush on a platform of «C - student, backslapping, Born Again ex-boozer makes good.»

Amid the bonding and backslapping, however, there was also hushed and heavy conversation.

Thornton goes home again to Arkansas in one of the segments, dispensing plenty of charm and backslaps.

(The entire film, in fact, could pass for the backslapping outtake reels that serve as special features on many a DVD release.)

They were acknowledging one other in a manner much weightier than our mainland kisses and backslaps.

Unfortunately, his barbed ideological challenges have sometimes appeared indistinguishable from the backslapping armchair liberalism that regularly fluffs culture's clubby consensus.

One need only compare the robust debate on a site such as this to the backslapping which characterises the comments on sites such as CA.

But even as the agreement roused cheering and backslapping, its supporters said the road ahead would be a difficult one.

While most of the big name environmental groups have praised the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act, there have been few notable and courageous exceptions such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth who have have spoken out and refused to participate in all the self - congratulatory «it's a good first step» backslapping.

Currently, the industry focuses on peer recognition, a form of backslapping, as the template for counsel selection, and an array of services exist for rating or ranking lawyers.

You wouldn't want to backslap the managing partner.

But there should be no backslapping on this one.