1.   A diving stop in the fifth inning earned extended applause.

2.   But Hingis dragged herself off the ropes, earning verbal applause from her vanquisher, never mind the occasional bad blood that has existed between the two families.

3.   But this production does earn our applause.

4.   He returned to catch one punt and earned applause from Coach Jim Fassel.

5.   Lamm, who earned polite applause, turned out to be only a warm-up for the more-popular Perot.

6.   Last weekend the cast earned enthusiastic applause from a capacity crowd, many of them of Armenian descent.

7.   President Ernesto Zedillo earned international applause last year when he said he would be the first Mexican president in modern times to refuse to handpick his successor.

8.   They earned warm applause.

9.   This afternoon, one reads a personal devotion from the New Testament letter of James, earning applause from his fellow prisoners.

10.   Within the GOP, Arlen Specter is already earning applause in New Hampshire by taking on the religious right and its pro-life stand in his own presidential candidacy.