In their sharp-sightedness, if not much else, here were two men who could clasp each other appreciatively by the hand.

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Politicians will not appreciate how one of their own is pictured, but most readers will bob their heads appreciatively at the portrait.

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Academics nodded appreciatively and extracted cans of beer from a cooler.

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Anyone who wants to look clever at a cocktail party can simply make a disparaging remark about American schools and everyone will giggle and nod appreciatively.

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He looks appreciatively at the Jersey cows grazing contentedly behind him and says that theirs is the pinot noir of milk, which makes very good butter (as the pinot noir grape makes very good wine).

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Cyclists wave to them appreciatively.

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