In general, playing "the Israel card" has always been an option for U.S. presidents, given the certain applause it would generate, not only from Arabs and Muslims but also from European quarters.
I used to get a certain amount of undeserved applause at book festivals by being introduced as a writer "who has never been embedded", as if I had been abstaining from unnatural vice.
How many times can the camera admire a perfect swing that lofts the ball above the trees to gasping applause before a certain sameness sets in?
There's a certain ring in that laughter and applause, because soldiers are so appreciative that they haven't been forgotten by the folks back home.
Loud as the resultant applause was it seemed bitter-sweet, underscored by a certain sadness.
What they were clapping for, if I'm not mistaken, was those legs, and also a certain quality of hers — a hieratic, carved-from-marble quality — that deserves applause, though it, too, was there on arrival.
If there's a critical mass behind a certain type of emotion, then the Social Soundtracker will translate that emotion into sounds like applause or laughter.
Brand-name stars of a certain age, especially if they have television and movie credentials (like Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones), almost invariably receive entrance applause.
There is a certain formula to such events: glorious achievements are claimed, grand plans are announced and supporters are invited to provide applause.
