Word: applauding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...typical posting to the newsgroup alt.destroy.microsoft. And the MacWorld crowd booed Gates' image even more than Jobs' turncoat words. But there were cheers too. "Everybody was booing Microsoft," says attendee Mark Lilback, 24, "and then they were like, 'Oh, Bill Gates is listening to this,' and they started to applaud." Who could blame them? They knew the truth: they were a conquered kingdom's starving partisans. Booing Gates meant biting the only hand left with the wherewithal to feed them...
...made valuable contributions to the body of scientific knowledge. By comparison, America's aerospace program has been historically bloated, redundant and rife with its own spectacular failures, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Apollo 13, failed Vanguard launches and, yes, the unfortunate deaths in the Challenger disaster. I applaud the joint space effort. There is no need for a space race among nations, but there is a need for an international effort to build a path into space that is safe and cost-effective and returns a broad benefit to mankind. Let us not belittle that with superficial phrases. JIM MATHERLY...
...with such a classic as "Lawrence of Arabia"; the applause as the music started and as the words "and introducing Peter O'Toole" appeared on the screen; and, of course, as the end credits rolled. Applause is a must. Go see the two films that remain, and remember to applaud loudly. This is an opportunity not to be missed...
...applaud President Clinton for his Dec. 5 appointment of Madeline K. Albright as the first female secretary of state. After her hard work as the United States ambassador to the United Nations and as a member of the National Security Council, Albright was the clear choice to succeed Warren Christopher as our nation's highest foreign policy adviser. As President Clinton articulated, Albright has steely determination as well as a clear understanding of her dual function as a leading cabinet member and a female role model. We see that the second follows from the first, as she herself indicated...
...applaud the Wisconsin department of human services for its tough program of welfare reform [NATION, April 21]. In November 1990, as a single mother with a three-year-old son, I walked into a welfare office. I was self-employed, receiving no child support, and was seeking assistance for a few months until business picked up. I was denied benefits because I owned a car worth $5,000. At the time, I felt the decision was unfair, but I came to be thankful because it made me fight harder to survive. States need to get tough to break the cycle...