41.   Unlike Ortega, who polled second in the vote, Aleman is a natural politician who loves to press the flesh -- albeit with a slightly theatrical twist.

42.   Time constraints will not allow him to press the flesh and effectively wage the low-budget, guerrilla campaign that worked for him in earlier contests.

43.   Major, on the other hand, brushed aside all security concerns and abruptly left Canadian Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin to press the flesh of the cheering onlookers.

44.   Museum Director Dennis Barrie stood at one end of the plaza reception area, pressing the flesh like a politician on the stump.

45.   Murdoch pressed the flesh and worked his way slowly through the crowd of high-ranking journalists and respected commentators.

46.   She pressed the flesh and smiled profusely, but made not one comment that could be considered even remotely political.