21.   As he walked along the gallery ropes fans slapped his back and shook his hand.

22.   George Bush has been in effusive mood this past week, his first in office, shaking hands, slapping backs and turning on the charm.

23.   Incoming president Luis Gonzalez Macchi was carried into the parliament on the shoulders of supporters as peasants in straw hats, students, slapped his back.

24.   Incoming president Luis Gonzalez Macchi was carried into the parliament on the shoulders of supporters while peasants in straw hats, students, slapped his back.

25.   Most Cabinet members were present, some slapping his back or shaking his hand before he boarded the plane.

26.   Senior White House political strategist Karl Rove bounced through the East Room slapping backs and shaking hands two at a time.

27.   Tycoons glad-handed trade unionists, saluting each other as if they were old friends, pro-Beijing politicians slapped backs with industrialists and saffron-robed Buddhist monks.