But the crowd loved Hwang, applauding his finish.
Mr. Page nonetheless paid tribute to Mr. Bloomberg, applauding his "healthy disregard for the impossible".
Later that evening, he stood before as many as 5,000 people, all applauding his surge toward the Republican nomination.
Conservative Egyptians who could have been pushing their leader to escalate the confrontation were instead applauding his actions.
The crowd is ecstatic, as is Hitler himself, who is shown applauding his champion.
At the Mansoura courthouse, those observers who were not applauding his every word put Mr. Mansour into the advanced category.
He looked understandably bewildered – as did his team-mates – and resorted to sarcastically applauding his tormentors.
David Brooks's ideas for reinventing the G.O.P. won bipartisan support, with Republican and Democratic readers alike applauding his proposals.
Yet at the same time, Democrats and Republicans alike are applauding his acknowledgement of near-bankruptcy and its excruciating consequences.
But Lavillenie is a sportsman, and had even been applauding his own rivals a little earlier in the night.
They listened to him speak at the packed Friendly Toast restaurant, applauding his positions on health care and jobs.
