1. Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss.

2. Chinese prickliness will continue: Beijing cannot appear to be taking lectures from Washington.

3. But whatever prickliness the Indians may have with the US, conversation has never been a problem.

4. But his reaction also illustrates the prickliness of Chinese leaders when foreigners presume to pronounce on the eternal verities of Chinese culture.

5. A brief caricature of great-power prickliness ensued as the Americans took charge of the airport and seemed to some others to give priority to their own flights.

6. India has been working to overcome its reputation for prickliness after repeatedly refusing to accept the possibility of any binding cuts.

7. The challenge to Mr Tusk comes from PiS, which blends patriotic conservatism and prickliness to foreigners with socially minded Catholicism.

8. Neo-colonialist sensitivities run deep in Muslim societies and many a fruitful joint venture can be sabotaged due to such prickliness.