Putin repeatedly congratulated Yanukovych while the results were still contested, which was soon to embarrass both parties.

Then, in testimony before the House Rules Committee on May 7-8, Post proved " a convincing speaker with a caustic tongue " and defended himself so successfully that Congressman Edward W. Pou, a Democrat presumed to be an enthusiastic supporter of Palmer, congratulated him: " I feel that you have followed your sense of duty absolutely.

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay, visited and congratulated the staff and children on 20 June 2005 on their achievements transforming school meals, which was followed by the school winning the Soil Association's School Food Award at the BBC's Good Food Show, presented by Jamie Oliver.

In fact, shortly after the premiere in 1974, Lansky phoned Strasberg and congratulated him on a good performance ( Strasberg was nominated for an Oscar for his role ), but added " You could've made me more sympathetic.

Pastore congratulated Chestnut on air shortly afterward.

On December 10, 2007, on the Raw 15th Anniversary special episode, Rhodes was at ringside to see Cody and Hardcore Holly defeat Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch for the World Tag Team Championship, and congratulated the two on their victory afterwards.

An alert 10-year-old safety patrol boy was congratulated by police today for his part in obtaining a reckless driving conviction against a youthful motorist.

Suetonius states that Domitius was congratulated by friends on the birth of his son, whereupon he replied " I don't think anything produced by me and Agrippina could possibly be good for the state or the people ".

Upon his accession he wrote to Peter the Venerable and the monks of Cluny, asking them to pray for him, while he was congratulated by Arnulf of Lisieux.

Later that year, he won first prize in the International Science Fair for the invention ; he was also recognized by the Westinghouse Talent Search and was personally congratulated by President Lyndon B. Johnson during a White House ceremony.

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast: Grant congratulated for vetoing the " inflation bill " on April 22, 1874.

* April 13, 1823 – Eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven.

* April 13 – Eleven-year-old Franz Liszt gives a concert after which he is personally congratulated by Ludwig van Beethoven.

His original birth name was Wayland, meaning land by the highway, but it was changed after a Baptist preacher visited Jennings ' parents and congratulated his mother for naming him after the Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas.

Though none of the men were found guilty by the all-white jury ( as blacks had been disfranchised under the South Carolina constitution, they could not serve on juries ), Thurmond was congratulated by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) and the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) for his efforts.

Lynne Truss stated that " Samuel Beckett spliced his way merrily through such novels as Molloy and Malone Dies, thumbing his nose at the semicolon all the way ," " James Joyce preferred the colon, as more authentically classical ; P. G. Wodehouse did an effortlessly marvellous job without it ; George Orwell tried to avoid the semicolon completely in Coming up for Air, ( 1939 )," " Martin Amis included just one semicolon in Money ( 1984 )," and " Umberto Eco was congratulated by an academic reader for using no semicolons in The Name of the Rose ( 1983 ).

Two days after the riots, the team held a rally at BC Place attended by 45, 000 fans, who congratulated the team for their effort.

Dismayed, Irene impulsively announces her engagement to the surprised Charlie Van Rumple ( Grady Sutton ), but she soon breaks down in tears and flees after being politely congratulated by Godfrey.

Despite the fact that he was proposing a joint attack on Iran with the Mamluk Sultanate ( Cairo ), Mengu-Timur congratulated Abagha when Baraq was defeated by the Ilkhan in 1270.

On being congratulated by Monsieur de Bauffremont, Saxe simply replied, " all is not said ; let us go to the English, they will be harder to digest.

She was then commanded to the Royal yacht by King Edward VII where he congratulated her on her pluck and skill, and they discussed the performance of the boat and its potential for British government despatch work.

He was also congratulated personally by the secretly irate General Mandible, and is brought before the Queen.

In Rome, he was welcomed by Pope Urban VIII, who congratulated him on his fighting against the Ottomans.

When the last-named joined the Church of Rome he was warmly congratulated by Doellinger on the step he had taken.

Edward Brooke is congratulated by President George W. Bush at the Ceremony for the 2004 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The w: East Room ( White House ) | East Room of the White House.

He was congratulated by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

In February 1958, when he was head of the cosmic ray group of the University of Maryland's physics department, he was congratulated in a telegram to the president of the university from President Eisenhower for his work in satellite research.

The president congratulated the Apollo 8 crew, saying, " You've taken ... all of us, all over the world, into a new era.

In announcing their selection, John Jay Iselin, the Foundation's president, congratulated the two men for: their invention that has fundamentally changed the way information is retrieved today.

" In announcing their selection, John Jay Iselin, the Foundation's president, congratulated the two men for their invention that has fundamentally changed the way information is retrieved today.

LOCOG chief Sebastian Coe and IPC president Philip Craven both congratulated London for its successful hosting of the Paralympics ; Coe was proud that both the Olympics and Paralympics in London could be labelled " Made in Britain ", while Sir Phillip felt that the Games were the " greatest Paralympic Games ever.

The former president of the French Republic, Casimir-Perier, and the playwright Georges de Porto-Riche both congratulated him on his work.

Liga ng mga Barangay national president James Marty Lim was special guest at the festival, and together with Magdalena town officials led by Mayor Nieva Reodica, congratulated the Magdaleños for their initiatives to promote the local bamboo industry.

The Kaiser congratulated the president on repelling the Jameson Raid, a sortie by 600 British irregulars from Cape Colony into the Transvaal under the command of Leander Starr Jameson.

: Sometimes he was congratulated on his courage, as Daniel Baal, the president of the FFC at the start at Sestrieres.

How do you do ?," Capp sardonically congratulated Lennon and Ono on their Two Virgins nude album cover: " I think that everybody owes it to the world to prove they have pubic hair.

Again on the film's DVD commentary, Cleese also spoke up for religious people who have come forward and congratulated him and his colleagues on the film's highlighting of double standards among purported followers of their own faith.

Hank Aaron appeared on the big screen and congratulated Bonds.

Officially, the U. S. congratulated the Soviet Union on its accomplishments.

Laurence Olivier saw Leigh in The Mask of Virtue, and a friendship developed after he congratulated her on her performance.

President Richard M. Nixon congratulated the FBI on its “ capture of the dangerous terrorist, Angela Davis.

On 27 December Radio Kabul broadcast Karmal's pre-recorded speech, which stated " Today the torture machine of Amin has been smashed, his accomplices – the primitive executioners, usurpers and murderers of tens of thousand of our fellow countrymen – fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters, children and old people ..." On 1 January Leonid Brezhnev, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Alexei Kosygin, the Soviet Chairman of the Council of Ministers, congratulated Karmal on his " election " as leader, before any Afghan state or party organ had elected him to anything.

It congratulated Paul Kruger on defeating the " raiders ", and also appeared to recognize the Boer republic and offer support.

Before all other heads of State, Pope Benedict XV in October 1918 congratulated the Polish people on their independence.

In December 1990, he congratulated Frank Sinatra on his 75th birthday special.

Palmerston privately congratulated Napoleon on his triumph, noting that Britain's constitution was rooted in history but that France had had five revolutions since 1789, with the French Constitution of 1850 being a " day-before-yesterday tomfoolery which the scatterbrain heads of Marrast and Tocqueville invented for the torment and perplexity of the French nation ".

< BLOCKQUOTE > President Abbas is to be congratulated on persisting in applying for Palestinian statehood at the UN, despite all the pressure and blackmail trying to force him not to.

In 1552 the Taibugids Yediger and Bekbulat congratulated Ivan the Terrible on his conquest of Kazan.

Julius Buths received this instruction from Mahler personally, prior to a 1903 performance in Düsseldorf ; however, he chose instead to place the long pause between the fourth and fifth movements, for which Mahler congratulated him on his insight, sensitivity, and daring to go against his stated wishes.

O ' Connor's commanding officer and friend from his days in Palestine, Montgomery, congratulated him and his Corps on their success.