"There were players from Arsenal who refused to shake my hand before kick-off, " he added.

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Ms. GENEA MURPHY (Democratic Activist): I have this 10-year-old little boy that wants to shake my hand.

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"There were players from Arsenal who refused to shake my hand before the match, " Adebayor was quoted.

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One woman came up to me to shake my hand during a commercial break, telling me she'd just finished arguing a case before the Supreme Court.

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Libya's former foreign minister, rose slowly to shake my hand.

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He stood up and turned to shake my hand.

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When Air Force One landed there were like 50 people waiting to shake my hand -- they got icicles on their eyebrows. (Laughter.) I was like, hey, great weather. (Laughter.) So I want to thank all of you for making the trek out here.

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Oh, yes, and one quirky fact about myself: I once wore a mitten during a press interview as I had to shake the executive's hand and my pen had exploded all over my sleeve (and right hand).

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And I have lots to say, but the two most important things were that my two nephews from home wanted me to shake your hand if I can, and an elder that works at Safeway -- her name's Erlinda (phonetic) -- she said to make sure and say hi and that she loves you very much.

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As he stood there with the pen in his hand, very obviously reading the badge pinned to my lapel, I found myself wanting to shake him out of the little dream he was in.

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