"That was an applause line, by the way," the governor said.

The applause line became part of the Kerry stump speech.

The Reagan era will be over - that's a pretty good applause line.

This does not work as an applause line, and I expect we will have forgotten it by next week.

These days, he has gathered a stock of applause lines.

And then he delivers the big applause line: "I'll go through therapy."

He stopped stepping on his applause lines, and began to feed off the crowd.

His biggest applause line now is one he hit on in late summer.

Others refused to clap or stand up during the applause lines.

There are plenty of applause lines drawn from his campaign speeches.