Word: applauded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...liquor in his Embassy, at formal dinners served mineral water from the hills of Mexico. He spoke no Spanish, said he was too old to learn. But he always listened affably to Mexican oratory, of which he understood not a word. Mexicans soon got used to seeing him smilingly applaud their thunderous speeches denouncing imperialismo yanqui...
...given signals when to applaud. At other times, at a command, they leap to their feet like robots and shout Heil...
...full page appeal for a last stand to prevent American intervention strikes the dominant editorial note, while other editorials applaud the Corporation's position on the Naval Academy incident, support National Anti-Poll Tax Week, and condemn civilian defense preparations as unnecessary and conducive to war hysteria...
...which Woodrow Wilson was born will be preserved for us and for many future generations. In this valley of Virginia it will remind America that his ideals of freedom were wide enough to support democracy in all the world. He taught that democracy could not survive in isolation. We applaud his judgment and his faith...
...resignation from the Army Air Corps constitutes good riddance plain and simple. Certainly the U. S. Army on a war footing is scarcely the ideal podium from which to launch an attack on intervention. Nevertheless, no matter what may be our individual and collective attitudes towards isolation, we must applaud Colonel Lindbergh's letter of resignation as a dignified statement from a fellow-citizen in our democracy. This statement is thrown into even sharper relief by the circumstances which brought it about. The President's vilifying personal remarks will do him no good ultimately. Today they stand as rather sorry...