They were clapping and cheering and all of a sudden they had to stop.

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In Adamiyah, a Sunni neighborhood that had been in the grip of Al Qaeda, I watched Iraqis pour into the streets, clapping and cheering, to celebrate a wedding.

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Yes, tomorrow this beautiful, rural part of Wales will return to relative silence after four days of clapping, cheering and laughter, as well as the odd moo and baa.

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Broadway playgoers seem at times to be reflexively "appreciative, " clapping, cheering and leaping to their feet in a way which suggests that they're trying to persuade themselves that they didn't waste their money.

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But for the next few minutes, the carriage became little Caracas, with passengers clapping and cheering as Limardo's crew taught them how to say "Well done" in Spanish and led them in Venezuelan chants.

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