He immediately sent a message of congratulation to his fellow Jesuit Pope Francis on his election.
There will be considerable backslapping and mutual self-congratulation that they have prevented Depression 2.0.
Watching the Oscar ceremony can be such a bore--an anti-climactic exercise in industry self-congratulation.
Both Mr Fabius and Mr Strauss-Kahn sent messages of congratulation soon after their defeat.
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They key is finding the midpoint between overly modest self-effacement and tiresome and relentless self-congratulation.
But the summiteers should not waste too much time on self-congratulation as problems abound.
In the rush of self-congratulation, however, no one paid too much attention to that fact.
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He is still waiting for a call or letter of congratulation on being elected first minister.
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Social media networks, rather than bringing people together, encourage nothing so much as an orgy of self-congratulation.
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"This is a matter for congratulation, not for turning the clock back, " said the general secretary, John Dunford.
The fall spurred much self-congratulation about how liberal democracies had won the day and communism was dead for good.
Noting the authorities' ambivalence towards the celebrations, Iran's foreign adversaries, including President Barack Obama, sent pointed messages of congratulation.
The air was thick with self-congratulation at the summer meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Providence, R.
There was a lot of self-congratulation going on in some circles, while conspiracy theorists were wringing their hands in the corner.
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Bright pupils from poor homes who achieve top GCSE scores will receive congratulation letters from ministers, under a plan announced on Thursday.
There are elements here of a traditional bio-pic failure, triumph, intimations of immortality but none of the stodginess and self-congratulation that usually plague the form.
For bold growth policies to blossom in Washington, the hesitant self-congratulation needs to turn into a deep conviction that the economy is sturdy and successful.
The stream of Tweets has lots of enthusiastic congratulation and agreement.
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SELF-CONGRATULATION could be forgiven as delegates reflected on a remarkable success.
The book brims not only with the self-exculpation you might expect but also with a good deal of self-congratulation which, in the circumstances, you might not.
As they got together in Nicaragua on September 18th, the parties to the 1997 Ottawa convention which bans the use, production, stockpiling, sale and purchase of landmines had cause for congratulation.
What if the Lean In community or any group of feminist-minded women were to organize around the cause of single motherhood instead of the cause of their own self-congratulation?
That hardly seems a cause for celebration of self-congratulation.
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Self-congratulation worked well in the era of the iPhone.
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Mourinho was never one to shy away from self-congratulation, having memorably called himself "The Special One, " but many felt him justified in saying so since his tenure as manager has been so phenomenally successful.
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