1.   After his address, Houston worked the crowd, shaking hands, patting backs.

2.   He patted backs and bought drinks, working the room in political style.

3.   He dug his fingers into his ribs, massaged his cheeks, and patted the back of his thighs as if they were unproved bread.

4.   At the finish of every track race, a volunteer awaited each participant to pat a back, say a kind word and escort the athlete away.

5.   Crystal Harris pats his back softly.

6.   Hands patted his back.

7.   He continued talking, answering questions about my condition as he picked me up and patted my back.

8.   He makes his way toward the radio, stopping to pat the backs of teammates, and clicks it on.

9.   Hume Cronyn chatted with Jack Lemmon, Edward James Olmos patted backs all around, and Tony Danza was gesticulating to the director William Friedkin.