Averbukh received a congratulatory call from Israel's foreign minister Shimon Peres after his victory.
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Cooperman keeps a bulging manila folder of congratulatory notes in his office at Omega.
When Mr Schroeder eventually won, Mr Bush pointedly refused to place a congratulatory phone call.
King Juan Carlos and Spain's conservative prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, both sent congratulatory telegrams.
When Kessler's wife last gave birth, there was a congratulatory phone call from Gore.
Exultant congratulatory tweets (including from partners at some of these VCs) were joyfully exchanged.
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On November 6, two days after the US election, Ahmadinejad sent a congratulatory letter to Obama.
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Katrina made brutally clear that the White House had substituted passive, self-congratulatory bravado for serious organized effort.
President Barack Obama placed a congratulatory call to A123 executives and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.
For weeks before and after the king's birthday, windows with congratulatory messages pop up on Thai websites.
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But even at the first plenary session this week, controversies began to cut through the congratulatory platitudes.
White House spokespeople earlier described Kerry's congratulatory phone call to President Bush as gracious and strong on reconciliation.
Each time, the acceptance letter came as part of a thick package with fat brochures and congratulatory notes.
Press cuttings including cartoons of the Paris attack, original photographs and congratulatory telegrams are included in the lots.
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Just as he did at PeopleSoft, Duffield sends out weekly companywide congratulatory e-mails.
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, who hacked telephone systems early in his career, sent Hotz a congratulatory e-mail.
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Even the Pentagon, in its most self-congratulatory moments, has acknowledged that the campaign against Serbia did expose some weaknesses.
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He revealed that after scoring at The Valley, his Liverpool club-mates Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher sent him congratulatory messages.
He had taken three steps over the finish line when he turned to an acquaintance to exchange congratulatory high fives.
The company released a sarcastic congratulatory message, accompanied by side-by-side images showing just how similar the two games were.
It also broadcast images of ranks of North Koreans massed in central Pyongyang on Friday to listen to congratulatory speeches.
The staffer said he received it from career IRS employees upset by what they called its political and congratulatory tone.
If you applied for financial aid, you should have received a financial aid award package along with the congratulatory admission letter.
General Musharraf, they argue, is, despite his self-congratulatory new memoirs (see article), isolated politically and under pressure from insurgents in Baluchistan.
When that happens, the class breaks out in congratulatory whistles and snaps.
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