When Warren Buffett subsequently acquired Fruit of the Loom, the news sparked applause on the Cameron County shop floor.
Duncan Stott, from Oxford East, sparked applause from the conference hall this morning after he criticised the Liberal Democrat leadership for declaring a scheme that has not been ratified by the party during a debate on the party's housing policy paper.
GREG BISHOP FIRST-EVER AFGHAN MEDAL Rohullah Nikpai defeated the world champion, Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain, on Wednesday to earn the bronze medal in the men's under 58-kilogram tae kwon do competition, sparking applause around Afghanistan for the country's first medal in Olympic history.
Such feelings of indignation sparked applause and jeers inside the courtroom, and angry comments by the judge, who dismissed as "phony arguments" claims that he has unfairly sent tens of millions of settlement money to impoverished Jews in countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain, while ignoring the poverty of survivors elsewhere.
WHEN Babatunde Fashola goes to the theatre in Lagos, his entrance usually sparks more applause than the cast's final bow.
This was by no means an original comic premise — Mark Twain beat him to it by more than a century — but it still sparked grateful applause.
Clinton launched her attack on the billionaire Republican frontrunner during an appearance on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday, sparking loud applause from the audience.
A female singing group croons, "Are you ready for a revelation?" Then a young woman tells of how she had almost aborted her sixth pregnancy before deciding, "God isn't going to give you what you cannot bear," sparking thunderous applause.
A nod to the late artist Chris Burden sparked uproarious applause.
They observed McKinley as the Ohio governor presided over delegates who cheered him loudly any time he spoke his keynote address sparked wild applause.
But the guests all played nicely, airing a wide spectrum of views, ranging from the facetious (Borowitz/Trillin), to the flaming liberal (Garafalo, who sparked much applause), to the liberal (Alter, calling for WPA type projects), to the solidly centrist (Toobin).
