Word: clappings
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...hear me, clap once," Jain began. "If you can hear me now, clap twice...
...Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." On that evening in Oklahoma, amid the lilting melody of a seven-piece band, that commandment at first brims with a kind of inclusiveness as whites, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics as well as one Croatian immigrant clap their hands, rocking with the zealotry of the converted as they all sing Lord, Purify My Heart. On the small scale of Lawton's First Assembly of God church, the inspiration is palpable, touching, poignant. But in the grander scheme, the Bible verse raises other questions: Who on earth will command...
Zimmerman, who accumulated 30-percent of last year's total offense and already had a team leading 27 goals this year, seemed obviously frustrated as he cheered on his teammates and attempted to clap, despite the cast enveloping his hand...
Towards the end of the production, it almost seems that the music unifies the disparate elements of 'Shlemiel' and carries the musical to success. Grandmothers and small children alike stomp their feet and clap their hands with enthusiasm-and the entire audience joins the players in a sort of joyous festival. Because everyone has come to enjoy the production, the goofiness of 'Shlemiel' doesn't annoy such a sympathetic crowd. Its silliness and the exhaustion of one-liners in a skewed way adds to the twisted or morbid fascination that it evokes...
...funds. But I think it's better for most people to have their money with a guy like Will Danoff at Fidelity than with some crazy man who's running around shorting everything in sight," he explains minutes before the market opens for another up day. Then, with a clap of the hands, it's off to the trading floor and the seductive promise of the dog track: "Let's go make some money!" There goes Swifty...