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One private investor, retired BA staff member Sid Thatcher, described the cabin crew strikes as "unforgiveable" in a long address and was slow-handclapped by the crew members.
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In 2006 Patricia Hewitt, then health secretary, was jeered and slow-handclapped by nurses as she tried to address their fears about NHS deficits.
NHS set to lose 27,000 jobs, warns nurses' union Randeep Ramesh 2010
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Little girls handclapped vigorously, while the boys pounded on the floor with their feet and gave vent to weird whistles of enthusiasm.
A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely
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Some members of the audience booed and slow handclapped the protesters, who left after about 10 minutes.
The Guardian World News Haroon Siddique 2011
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In 2000, when he was slow-handclapped by members of the Women's Insitute, the punditocracy called time on it again.
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They slow handclapped and called her "disgusting" and she responded by swearing at them, before entering the courthouse.
Home 2010
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Fans, some of whom slow-handclapped and chanted "We're bored", were apparently angry because they wanted to hear more of him singing his old Cat Stevens hits, including Wild World,
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Apache from San Francisco crank the kind of trashy, swaggering garage glam that Johnny Thunders invented, adding a bit of psychedelia into the guitar breaks, and a spot of power pop into the handclapped choruses.
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Further to this post yesterday about Tory MP David Davies's speech to the National Black Police Association, when he accused the NBPA of being a bunch of racists and was slow handclapped as a result, it turns out they invited the wrong bloke!
The Daily Pundit 2008
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