11.   And then it is over, to polite applause.

12.   AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case and Chief Executive Gerald Levin got polite applause.

13.   As expected, each line received its fair share of polite applause from the sea of dot-com name tags.

14.   As everyone waits, a hush falls over the beach, broken only after the brilliant orange sun has gone and a polite applause ripples through the crowd.

15.   After polite applause, his challenger, Liu Fu, took the podium.

16.   But lacking the oratory force of his forebears, he raised little more than polite applause.

17.   But in oil-friendly Alaska, the pitch drew a mixed response of cheers, polite applause and a smattering of boos.

18.   But most modern convention speakers are lucky to win polite applause.

19.   But securities analysts and executives at competing firms said they would withhold anything more than initially polite applause until they could see some results.

20.   Clinton received polite applause.