Article: Turning Off the Applause Sign

Article: Noisemaker needs manners, not applause; Profile of ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  October 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Pumping up the volume in a club on wheels Philip Marchand, Oct. 18 What an irresponsible thing for the Star to promote. Noise pollution is infecting more and more of society to its detriment and Wheels decides to put a Noise Assault Vehicle on the front page of the section as though it were

Article: ADVICE FOR AL GORE: MIND YOUR MANNERS
The Boston Globe;  October 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... O'Rourke wrote that "good manners are a combination of intelligence ... Alexander Pope wrote that "unruly manners or ill-timed applause wrong the best speaker or the ... see tonight if Gore learned his manners. The late columnist Murray Kempton ...

Article: APPLAUSE SHOULDN'T BE A FAMILY MATTER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... thoughtless example of the general applause inflation that has everyone ... does not, however, move Miss Manners to declare public self-congratulation to be correct. Applause is a gesture by which outsiders ... toward the winner. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My sister died recently ...

Article: APPLAUSE FOR A SUMMER'S FINE LABORS.(Perspective)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... approached being unique. The applause that thundered as a cannonade ... dancing, reciting, there is the applause. It must be terrific to have your work recognized in this manner. So terrific that the practice ... staff - merits long, stormy applause. Applause is not only good ...

Article: Transcript of President Bush's State of the Union Address (2/2)
U.S. Newswire;  January 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... security for the American people. (Applause.) To achieve these great national ... acts in a fiscally responsible manner. (Applause.) We have clear priorities and ... will defeat this recession. (Applause.) Americans who have lost their ...

Article: NO APPLAUSE CAN SAY A LOT AT SOME EVENTS BY JUDITH MARTIN ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... READER: What school was this? Miss Manners would be delighted, not to mention ... hear of a campus where withholding applause as a form of protest would be as ... positively restrained. DEAR MISS MANNERS: My girlfriends and I were comparing ...

Transcript: RALPH NADER GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RALPH NADER ...
Washington Transcript Service;  November 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... monopoly of the debate commission. (APPLAUSE) Going around the country, you ... running for the U.S. Senate. (APPLAUSE) But we've seen seasoned citizen ... them wrong in a very decisive manner. (APPLAUSE) Now, most members of the press ...