11.   Speaker Newt Gingrich took the unusual step of walking across the Capitol to slap backs and shake hands on the Senate floor as the bill went over the top.

12.   Teammates would gleefully slap his back.

13.   The Cubs slapped backs in celebration as the Houston crowd groaned.

14.   The referee, in an imported silk striped shirt, Armani trousers and Gucci loafers, slaps their backs with perfectly manicured hands and cues the opening bell.

15.   Their wide-eyed parents hoping to get close enough to slap the backs of their boys in blue.

16.   There was Peter Vallone, the New York City Council speaker and gubernatorial candidate, walking from cocktail party to corridor, shaking hands and slapping backs.

17.   This means in virtual certainty that they shook hands, slapped backs or dragged cleats through the same dugout spittle.

18.   Tom Menino has been a ferocious lobbyist, and Kennedy has been furiously slapping backs and twisting arms beyond the view of the working press.

19.   When PRI contender Manuel Bartlett appeared, Ramones made him demonstrate on slow-motion camera how a politician properly grips hands and slaps backs.

20.   Anthony appeared to throw a punch at the Nets center, while Bradley had him in a headlock and might have slapped the back of his neck.