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AttheWhiteHouseonNewYear‘sDay，1907，TheodoreRooseveltsetaworldrecordforshakinghands—8，150ofthem，accordingtohisbiographerEdmundMorris，includingthoseof“everyaide，usherandpolicemaninsight。“Havingdonehisexuberantpoliticalduty，saysMorris，Teddywentupstairsandprivately，disgustedly，scrubbedhimselfclean。

WemaypresumethatonInaugurationDayinJanuary2001，PresidentTrumpwillnottryto_______Roosevelt‘srecord。Trump‘sviewsareknown;“1thinkthehandshakeis_______Shakinghands，youcatchtheflu，youcatchthis，youcatchallsortsofthings。“

DonaldTrumpmayberight。Themoreyouthinkaboutit，themoredisgustingthehandshakebecomes。Althoughitisapublicgesture，areflexive_______ofgreeting，thehandshakehasaclammydimensionof_______。Theclamminessisillustratedinprinciplebythefollowing：ayoung_______rusheduptoJamesJoyceandasked，“May1kissthehandthatwroteUlysses？”Joycereplied，“No。Itdidlotsofotherthings，too。“

Mostofusdon‘tthinkaboutit。Thehandshakeisexpectedandis_______automaticallyinarituallittlebabbleofnicetomeetyouhowdoyoudo？Ifyouhadanattackoffastidiousnessandrefusedtoshakesomeone‘s_______hand，thenthehandshakewouldbecomeanawkwardnessandanissue，arefusalbeinganoutright________。

Nowthatheisalmostacandidate，howisthefussy，hygienicDonaldtokeephis______inanelectionyear‘sorgiesofgrip－and－grin？Minglingwiththe________，hewillpresumablyshaketensofthousandsofgermyhands。Themostgraceful________－－－TheHindunamaste－－－wouldnotplaywellinAmericanpolitics。One______mightbetoshakeyourownhand，brandishingthetwo－handedclutchinfrontofyourfacelikeachampwhilelookingthevoterinthe_______。No。Toomuchself－congratulation。Apoliticianmustn‘t_______hisnarcissism。