1.   Applause rang out and Hernandez embraced the excited fan.

2.   Applause rang around the stadium as he moved to the dugout.

3.   Applause rang out as law officers parted the crowd and led Burnham to the security room.

4.   Applause rang out in the room where ministers had bargained throughout the night as the deal was struck.

5.   Slowly, as it dawned on the audience what Jackson had done, applause rang out in the hall.

6.   Applause rang out as the pontiff left.

7.   Applause rang out as delegates signed the accord in a brief ceremony attended by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.