71.   Karzai received a thunderous applause when the announcement was made.

72.   Last year, Graf broke into tears when she was greeted with thunderous applause after finally taking the court after her fight back from injury.

73.   She tapped in to thunderous applause.

74.   That elicited the first smiles of his campaign and thunderous applause.

75.   The commander, whose name once sent panic sweeping across the Christian heartland, drew cheers and thunderous applause as he enteredthe packed courtroom.

76.   The crowd of a few thousand broke into thunderous applause.

77.   The crowd responded with thunderous applause.

78.   The Palestine Liberation Organization leader bowed three times amid thunderous applause after receiving his gold medal and prize certificate.

79.   The next day, Westmoreland was addressing a joint session of Congress, with the thunderous applause continuing long after he left the chamber.

80.   The ovation for Gordie Howe nearly matched the thunderous applause the fans showered on Steve Yzerman.