I expected that, but I also came face to face with a different kind of evil: the evil of a president of a great nation extending a hand of friendship to Ahmadinejad; and the evil of delegates of many nations applauding some of the most bigoted statements ever uttered from a United Nations lectern.
Back then, after the tapes proved to be the deus ex machina for Nixon's fall, the nation applauded the idea that "our long national nightmare is over".
In July, Southeast Asian nations, particularly Vietnam, applauded when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the United States was willing to help mediate a solution to disputes that those nations had with China over the South China Sea, which is rich in oil, natural gas and fish.
We as a nation applaud ourselves for having moved beyond race.
The Obesity Health Alliance, which brings together a number of health charities and groups concerned about the health impact of the nation's weight, applauded the Tesco announcement and the implication that the tax threat was working, but said that was not enough.
Pence, appearing on CBS' "Face The Nation" on Sunday, applauded President Donald Trump's latest effort to bridge the gap between his push for the wall and the Democratic opposition to it ― the impasse that has resulted in a partial government shutdown.
He forged a Bolivarian alliance with some of Latin America's energy-exporting nations, like Ecuador and Bolivia, and applauded when they expelled American ambassadors, as he had done.
Telephone executives from most of the nation's top companies applauded the order.
Small-business owners hoping for some assistance of the sort given to the nation's biggest banks applauded when the Small Business Administration unveiled a lending program in May.
The Business Roundtable, which represents the top executives from the nation's largest corporations, applauded the move.
The Air Line Pilots Association, the nation's largest pilot union, applauded the F.A.A. stand.
