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Dozens of audience members were aggressively positioning themselves for a handclasp with the former commander-in-chief in the din-filled ballroom of the Westin Hotel at Copley Place, where Clinton was headlining a fundraiser for Patrick...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Next President Same as Last? | 10/17/2006 | See Source »

After the match, Charles and Diana planned to relax until the evening's ball at the Breakers Hotel, given in honor of one of the Prince's favorite causes, the United World College Fund. Only then, after their last dinner, their last handclasp, their last quip and thank-you, only then would the tired, probably overfed and over-fawned-upon royal couple fly back to London. They would get home just in time to celebrate the Prince's 37th birthday with William and Harry and for Diana to tell her boys bedtime stories about her whirlwind trip to the colonies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Royal Couple Drops In | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...future either. The Indians had an illusion of their own, even more magnificently mistaken than the captains' vision of the Northwest Passage: peace everlasting with this strange new race. The corps carried shiny medallions to foster this dream. The coins showed President Jefferson on one side and a symbolic handclasp on the reverse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lewis and Clark | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

LeAnn Rimes, the country singing sensation, has a surprisingly firm handshake for a 14-year-old girl. We're not talking a G.I. Joe kung fu grip, but her handclasp, by way of greeting, is strong, confident and direct. When she has hold of your hand, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: BLUE-CHIP KID | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

...have coaxed a cheer from onlookers, but last week's Rabin/Arafat handclasp was a trifle stiff. That would place it on the chilly end in any ranking of the great modern gestures of reconciliation -- listed here in order of increasing warmheartedness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Illustrated History of Coming to Grips | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

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