Word: cue
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Police moved in to smash the Sixth Avenue meeting. On cue, cops all over town began shooting into the air. Methodically they reloaded, kept on firing. From rooftops civilians joined in, shooting at anti-government demonstrators as they scampered to cover...
...Business as Usual." The draft was the Administration's most militant action, but there were others. In quiet fashion, almost stealthily, a creeping mobilization of crucial industries began (see BUSINESS). Said an official of the National Security Resources Board: "We are taking our cue from the President, who has indicated things are to be 'business as usual.'" For this attitude the Administration had explanations: it didn't want to start a wave of consumer buying, and it didn't want to give Russia an excuse for going...
Bill O'Dwyer did not miss the cue. "Brooke," he cried, "is one foreign dignitary who will not be welcomed at City Hall. If by any chance he is received at the Hall, it'll be because I'm dead...
...Gogh's Nightmare. No ventriloquist, Smith must stay out of the camera's eye when speaking for Howdy. An elaborate prompting system for the entire cast is based on 2½-by-4-ft. cue cards which are placed on top of the offstage monitor set. "It looks something like a drunken Van Gogh's nightmare," says Smith. "My dialogue is printed in black letters, How-dy's in red, Mr. Bluster's in orange, the Flubadub in blue, Dilly Dally in green, and the Inspector in yellow...
...Before you leave," he said to Secretary Acheson, "would you like to make any comment about the Alger Hiss convic tion of perjury?" The Secretary paused a moment on the fateful cue. "Senator, I was not notified that I would have to make any comment," he replied. "If the committee wishes me to explain what I said, I'll do it. I have no desire to do it." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a prepared state ment, and an aide behind him began pass ing out mimeographed texts to newsmen in the room. His hands trembling...