Once again, almost as a backhanded compliment, the home fans burst into their Brodeur chant.

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In the coffee houses of Lvov, optimistic Galician intellectuals see all this as a backhanded compliment.

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To Mr Heinapuu and his pals, the Russian ire they arouse is a backhanded compliment.

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That backhanded compliment, like Auden's, well describes Macau's elusive charm.

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In a backhanded compliment to the Lib Dems, he described the party as "our gallant allies, without whom life would be much more difficult for us" to laughter from peers.

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