21.   President Ernesto Zedillo is also hoping the bold moves will win him applause for his efforts to make Mexico a nation of law and order.

22.   Riley also won applause by talking tough on bad schools and burned-out teachers.

23.   Still, Speaker Newt Gingrich won applause for saying that the budget agreement passed by Congress demonstrated public support for a conservative agenda.

24.   The agency also brought some lawsuits that garnered headlines and won applause from civil rights advocates.

25.   The emergency effort did win Summers applause from most analysts on and off Wall Street.

26.   The Indian government has won applause from its own public, but it has gained nothing else.

27.   The likelihood that Zeneca and Astra would combine won applause from analysts and investors.

28.   The line always wins applause.

29.   The move won widespread applause from both business and labor.

30.   The new nationalist mood has won applause in Ottawa, the national capital.