They came, not for religious freedom, but to get rich from digging sassafras, a commodity prized in Europe as a cure for the clap.
While the city's economy booms (no thanks to him), most people will clap and cheer.
The air is filled with eerie music and an occasional clap of thunder.
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No-one too surprising, you had to be sure they would clap at the end.
Other bands announced for the festival include Wilco, CSS, The Magic Numbers and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
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"He deserves all the accolades and I will be one of the first to stand up in the coaching box on Saturday and clap him, " he said.
Eleanor Roosevelt, in a very rare lapse of judgment, was upset that during the discussion of the Four Freedoms and Lend-Lease, the Republicans did not clap and sat on their hands.
Byrne shows the audience when to laugh, when to clap, when to ooh and ah.
Chimpanzees hoot, blow Bronx cheers, wave sticks, clap their hands and drum on trees.
People had turned up in at least eight different parts of Minsk in response to calls on social networking sites for demonstrations at which protesters clap their hands but are otherwise silent.
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And in the opening number, "Da zemong Ziba Watan, " when the full ensemble let loose with Eastern drums tabla, dhol, zirbaghali pounding out the infectious, syncopated rhythm, the audience began to clap along to this tune popularized by Mr. Sarmast's father.
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This enabled him to be able to distinguish between trendy clap trap, and genuine educational innovation and newsworthy development.
Even today, wrestlers scatter a handful of salt to purify the ring and clap their hands to call the gods before every match.
Just as we're arriving at the night's rest stop, a clap of thunder explodes from across the valley, behind us.
And they're expanding -- you could clap on that, that was -- (laughter.) They're actually expanding to hire another 40 jobs because of that.
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Surrounded by wild flowers and walnut trees and with the giant spurs of the Kandil mountains as a backdrop, they pass round plates heaving with figs and grapes, and clap along to Kurdish folk songs crackling out from their radio.
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Patrons clap and stomp, adding high-pitched yodels to the rhythm.
Catch sunset torch lightings, hula shows and conch-blowing ceremonies plus crowds of tourists and locals who clap as the sun disappears and casts a glow over Diamond Head.
They clap, they cheer, they surge around us like a living sea.
So anyway, we gave him a great clap, we had a very pleasant dinner with some champagne to drink a toast.
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They clap whenever they please, not just between movements but each time a dancer does something impressive.
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Thank heavens then for every so often being able to dabble in a spot of nostalgia, and clap our eyes on Geoff Hurst scoring a hat trick in England's 1966 World Cup triumph.
Clap a fume board on top of a hive and bees flee, making it possible to pilfer their treasure.
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