Since the October announcement of the Nobel award, the United States and other governments have urged China to free Mr. Liu, while some governments, including some Western democracies, have pointedly limited their statements to congratulations without calling for his release.
But then they said "Congratulations" without ever adding a "...but, of course, we're not going to let you do that, Scott!" So, so far, I guess I have free reign... but maybe only because I haven't come to the end of my leash!
If they can without any difficulty, congratulations, you've made your own personal handwriting script!
So, to avoid any misunderstandings, I will add in the margin, without capers or anything else of the sort, without literature, that my congratulations are true and heartfelt.
If you got this far without finishing a phrase, congratulations!
White supremacy in America won't let our black young children be kids, swim or receive congratulations while graduating without having the breath, light and life smothered right out of them.
If you made it through that title without dozing off halfway, then congratulations.
After the ceremony, all I could summon by way of congratulations or description (without feeling as though I might dissolve into tears) was, "It was very moving".
"It is not an easy word," he said generously, yet not without some self-congratulation.
Even the modern Bundeswehr, under firm democratic control and embedded in Western alliances, is presented without much self-congratulation.
