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But the CIA and its cigar-chomping, back-slapping director Tenet did have a plan, because from the time that the Taliban had first seized Kabul five years earlier, the Agency had remained in touch with the Northern Alliance.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Soon, those handshakes turned into righteous hugs and hand pounds, hi-fives and playful back-slapping every time our paths connected.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

The Conservative benches erupted in cheers and back-slapping as the final vote was held Saturday night, signalling that the official Opposition New Democrats had folded their tent on a decision the party's deputy leader called "pre-ordained."

Canada Post Back-To-Work-Bill Passes House Of Commons The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Soon, those handshakes turned into righteous hugs and hand pounds, hi-fives and playful back-slapping every time our paths connected.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

The Conservative benches erupted in cheers and back-slapping as the final vote was held Saturday night, signalling that the official Opposition New Democrats had folded their tent on a decision the party's deputy leader called "pre-ordained."

Canada Post Back-To-Work-Bill Passes House Of Commons The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

Nearly 41 million people watched last year's orgy of trophy dispensing and back-slapping -- the franchise's biggest audience since 2005.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway don't help Oscar ratings 2011

Garner, unlike many in New York literary circles, could not quite go along with the rush of back-slapping huzzahs that greeted the publication last year of a book called The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by someone named Jon-Jon Goulian.

Steve Kettmann: Best Rip Job of the Year Steve Kettmann 2012

The story actually has been driven more by the ultra high incomes (the upper. 1%, for sake of argument) which has been created by a culture of corporate back-slapping.

Why aren't there more investment bankers?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Garner, unlike many in New York literary circles, could not quite go along with the rush of back-slapping huzzahs that greeted the publication last year of a book called The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by someone named Jon-Jon Goulian.

Steve Kettmann: Best Rip Job of the Year Steve Kettmann 2012

And that's the problem with most author blogs -- they really have no purpose beyond self-promotion or self-absorption ( "Today, I face The Blank Page ...") and the comments generally tend to be back-slapping among friends.

Why aren't they called adults' books Roger Sutton 2009