Sparks' remarks triggered cheers and applause from the crowd, which was remarkable given the fact that the audience was comprised of shareholders and hand-picked loyal employees.
At the conclusion of the remarkable monologue he received prolonged applause and many congratulatory phone calls.
Mr. Abbasi, who reported that he was forced to wait six hours to cast his vote at a girls' school in the nation's largest metropolis, shared video clips of a remarkable scene: a wave of applause inside the polling place for an elderly voter who was carried in on a stretcher.
She had only to remark, "I'll take that applause" for the clapping to rise, whether or not she'd done something remarkable.
Next came Russia's Mustafina, and her remarkable performance was met with muted applause.
"Overrated," they chanted, even denying Ichiro Suzuki, at bat for the last time in his remarkable season, a polite round of applause.
"Saving two lives is remarkable," Assistant Sheriff Waldie said, to sustained applause and some tears.
"This has been a remarkable year in Albany," he said, drawing applause.
Her jokes had the entire bus laughing, and before she left she belted out a remarkable rendition of "O Sole Mio" to thunderous applause.
The applause and bravos for the cast members and, especially, James Levine and the remarkable Met orchestra had gone on and on, even after a nearly-six-hour evening.
