Word: applauder
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Buenos Aires' plush, proper Plaza Hotel was overrun by the multitude. Its plush was ruffled, its hush profaned by thousands of eager Argentines who stormed its glass-and-wrought-iron doors, jammed its dining rooms and lobby, crowded the street outside. They had come to applaud an unusual spectacle: a U.S. Ambassador conducting what amounted to a political rally against the Government of Strong Man Juan Domingo...
...with my knee, except I can't bend it." Somehow, he covered enough ground to beat Parker the first two games. Then, when the count had evened at 4-all, the two battled through 18 games without a break in service. The crowd of 12,000 rose to applaud - and stretch - when Talbert's tremendous serve put him ahead, 12-11. But after doing the impossible on one good leg, Talbert didn't have any more. The robot-calm Parker took the set 14-12, the next...
...audiences, continuing to applaud the 55-year-old Cavalleria (which has had more than 250 performances at the Met), disregarded the composer's Fascist foolishness. Many had even forgotten that he still lived, that he and Richard Strauss were the only living men among the composers in the Met's 1944-45 season...
...difficult at first, because of the change in his body balance. But the first day is made a thrilling occasion; when a man with an artificial leg is ready to walk without crutches or cane, the hospital staff and his fellow patients gather round, turn on music, applaud his first solo steps and his surprised, delighted smile...
...when the announcement was made by the Government that the resistance movement would be dissolved and that its leader would be offered the post of Postmaster General in the cabinet, are an outstanding example of how even British Parliamentary democracy can lose its grasp of realities. American democracy will applaud the action of the American Commander in Chief in responding to the appeal of the British Government for an armored division to ensure order in the capital...