1.   Hold the applause.

2.   Hold your applause.

3.   In fact, hold the applause.

4.   Please hold your applause.

5.   Please hold your applause until the end of the column.

6.   Some Germans, however, are holding their applause, and wondering whether Adolf Hitler can really ever be an object of fun.

7.   Some Germans, however, are holding their applause, and wondering whether Hitler can really ever be an object of fun.

8.   Television and theatrical reissues will have to wait a little longer, so hold your applause.