Word: clapping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Game' (See Cover) The quarterback snaps "Let's go," the eleven burly men clap their hands in a single, sharp crack, and the offensive huddle dissolves. Then, taking his place behind the looming rump of his center, the quarterback looks with narrowed eyes across the line of scrimmage at the most formidable sight in professional football...
...came at the beginning of spring-a faint rustle of interest after years of bored silence. As the season drew on, the clap-clap-clapping for a rally that once quickly faded began echoing through the ballpark in confident, continuing waves. By last week fans who had not bothered to see a game since Walter ("Big Train") Johnson retired in 1927 were hurrying to Griffith Stadium in time for batting practice, and dazzled team officials were saying that attendance for the year would be up 40%. The Washington Senators, long known for patty-ball hitting, were flashing the most exciting...
John thinks about this for a minute, and his colleagues clap their hands. This for them is an expression of approval for a well-put question...
John thinks about this for a minute, and his colleagues clap their hands. This is an expression of approval for a well-put question...
...Clap to Silence. One contestant stopped the music to complain that the orchestra was not following him. Snapped Steinberg: "They are going slow because you let them." At one point he clapped the orchestra to silence and commented: "One group played their eighth notes too fast; did you spot it?" The contestant thought that it was the second violins. "To my ear," said Steinberg, "it was the violas, but I did not want to let out the secret...