We are calling for applause just in case".
And again and again, DLG called for applause for New York City, where cultures can't help mingling.
They call for applause on recognition, like the opening notes of a favorite song.
They are also intertwined with a hysterically pathetic nod to show business, with Rex calling for applause.
The coup de theatre is the finale of "Rock'n'Roll Suicide", where the dying star reaches out to the audience, imploring: "Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful", in a clear echo of Puck's last words, a call for applause, in A Midsummer Night's Dream (first uttered by William Kempe): "Give me your hands, if we be friends / And Robin shall restore amends".
Protocol at Spelman calls for sustained applause after a president's speech.
8.59pm: Pelosi calls for congressional applause for our friend Sully Sullenberger and his crew.
Her new album, which comes out Nov. 11, is called "Artpop," and the video for "Applause" looks like a billion dollars.
Ms. Rice (whose rhetorical jab at Mr. Obama's "leading from behind" was a big applause line) and Mr. McCain (whose calls for aiding the Syrian opposition drew muted applause) echoed that theme at the convention.
This and a call for peace brought applause from several thousand people who had gathered outside Baiturrahman Mosque, which dominates the provincial capital, Banda Aceh.
