Word: applauding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many members of the audience, this apparently was sufficient reason to scream and applaud. That's unfortunate, because until people stop accepting these superficially scripted, poorly acted, hyped-up supervideos masquerading as substantive drama, Hollywood will continue spitting them right back...
...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
...Americans could applaud disinflation and tax reform while savoring the woes of OPEC and Wall Street sharpies...
Coaches are more likely to yell than to applaud when the scout team achieves its minor triumphs...
While scientists applaud the intent of the bill, they know the amount is too little and fear the gesture may be too late. Says Wilson: "The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. What is happening to the rain forests of Madagascar and Brazil will affect...