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Ira Glass eventually tapped the up-and-comers to be the in-house band for This American Life.

This week Secretary of State John Kerry tapped Nancy Powell, former ambassador to India, to lead the Ebola Coordination Unit.

Israel tapped her to bring down the masterminds behind the 1972 Olympic massacre.

They compared outfits, loudly greeted friends, tapped on their iPhones.

Judge Bert Richardson, a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush, tapped McCrum to investigate a case against Perry.

With her little satin shoe she tapped the carpet, biting her under lip and seeming to be listening.

Two dollars and a half an acre was finally offered, and then Johnnie leaned forward and tapped with his finger on his desk.

A gentleman sitting behind me tapped me on the back and asked for a light.

Old Sanders tapped with both hands on his shining cranium and asked, Are you confident he loves her?

And old Sanders again tapped in the rhythm of a dirge on his parchment-bound cranium.