(Applause) Barbara Jordan considered herself a teacher first,above all else.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

And she knew about the value of applause."

VOA: special.2011.02.27

(APPLAUSE) "Rochester,I'm in the middle of the program."

VOA: special.2009.10.11

(APPLAUSE) The evening continued with the granting of degrees and much post commencement revelry among family and friends of the graduates.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

(Applause) The 10-year package, estimated at $940 billion, is meant to extend health insurance to 32 million uninsured Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

But the loudest applause was for his call for the ending of Israel's embargo against Palestinians living in Gaza.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

(APPLAUSE) The president said 90,000 troops will have come home from Iraq by the end of August.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

And,from the enthusiastic applause, it is clear that, at least with this crowd, ecochic is in.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

(The show always draws laughter and applause.) Taho Kakutani is a fishmonger here.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

(APPLAUSE) And that is exactly what we are doing, as promised,on schedule."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

With several hundred anti-abortion protesters John Paul called gathered outside Notre Dame's front gates, President Obama was greeted inside the Joyce Center on campus with long and thunderous applause.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Mr.Brown received rousing applause from Labor delegates at the conference.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

(APPLAUSE) The president also devoted a large portion of his speech to assuring military veterans that his administration is committed to helping them receive the medical care and assistance they require.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

President Obama got the most applause from opposition Republicans when he said the number-one focus in the coming year would be on creating jobs and giving a boost to small businesses.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

(applause) "And,nations within this body do the Palestinians no favors when they choose vitriolic attacks against Israel over constructive willingness to recognize Israel's legitimacy and its right to exist in peace and security."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"I call on all supporters of both ZANU-PF and MDC to unite as all Zimbabweans (Applause) to put the interests of our nation and our people first and to work for a new Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

That's worth a big round of applause."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

That decision brought applause in the courtroom. Madoff's wide-ranging fraud touched banks,charities, middle class people investing for retirement in North and South America and Europe, and even celebrities - including Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Each name was followed by long applause.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

The administration has found that it is easy to receive applause in Europe for closing Guantanamo, but it is tricky to come up with an alternative that will serve the interests of justice and America's national security,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

(APPLAUSE) Shall we?

VOA: standard.other

But he got more applause from the Democratic side of the aisle than the Republican side when he called for Congress to pass a jobs creation bill and get it to his desk as quickly as possible.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

U.S.officials say there was spontaneous applause at the meeting, at a New York hotel, when word arrived of Senate approval of the five-year Pakistan aid plan, which would triple civilian U.S.assistance to about Expected to win final approval in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"You will not be forgotten as long as I am in this White House," (Applause) The gathering at the Interior Department in Washington is the first time in 15 years that a president has met with leaders of the American Indian tribes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05