1.   At the commencement exercises that year, Shannon received a standing ovation as he rose to speak.

2.   Behind the podium, silhouetted against quotations from the giants of medicine, Dr. David Eisenberg rose to speak.

3.   A little girl, her hair pulled into a tiny pigtail and her head bowed, rose to speak.

4.   A year ago, when the Rev. Jesse Jackson organized a Wall Street conference on race, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin rose to speak and then asked for questions.

5.   After a caustic debate over the rules enforced by the Democrats, Faso rose to speak.

6.   After an hour, Twain relates, Thaddeus Stevens rose to speak.

7.   After introductions and a video tribute, Stoddard rose to speak.

8.   But as Sifford rose to speak, he choked with emotion.

9.   During the service, the mother of a child who had been murdered a few years before rose to speak about another kind of control.

10.   During a luncheon celebrating the USC-Notre Dame rivalry at the Bonaventure Hotel, Robinson was loudly applauded when he rose to speak.