This time, when he did the same thing, the room broke into warm applause.
In the French parliament, Mr Raffarin received warm applause for an impassioned speech warning against early war.
There was warm applause from the crowd as the parade marched past the war memorial, inscribed to The Glorious Dead.
He promised to give the parliament a stronger voice in the EU's law-making procedure, receiving warm applause from much of the parliament.
Amidst the warm applause, a smattering of participants stood from their seats.
"As you know, I have decided to renounce the ministry that the Lord gave to me on April 19, 2005, " Benedict said, to warm applause.
Strachan, who missed out on a fourth straight Scottish title on the final day of the league season last weekend, took a bow and received a warm round of applause from the Celtic fans before the charity match.
There was no doubt that Germany had had the better of an absorbing first half, but Wales had shown a Millennium Stadium crowd enough to earn a warm round of applause as they left the field at half-time.
But after watching their side lose out in a thrilling Premier League title race on the final day of the season, the supporters' stance seemed to have softened as they responded to his lap of honour with a warm round of applause.
Strachan made a surprise appearance at the tribute match to take a bow and was given a warm round of applause by home fans who had not been unanimous in their support for the former Aberdeen and Manchester United midfielder despite his success with the club.
Sir Jeremy Beecham, who was acting as Mr Blair's warm-up man in the main hall, thanked Mrs Stihler and her campaign team, eliciting a ripple of applause from the hall.
Similarly warm greetings came through from the community, from people waving to the motorcade as it drove by to the thunderous applause that greeted her as she entered Washington Hall for the Class Banquet.
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