Word: cues
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That night, as Senator Jackson prepared to read the President's letter, CBS Announcer John ("Charley") Daly popped the hidden mike out of its bag, spoke pre arranged cue words into it ("I want air"), and thrust it in front of the Senator...
...delegates rose on cue, shouted, lifted their Dewey placards. The band struck up Anchors Aweigh. Milling in the timehonored, slow elephants' dance of a floor parade, the delegates whistled, whooped, marched. The demonstration lasted three minutes-and then the bands and the organ took over, and eked it out to another four. It was probably the shortest such demonstration in any U.S. convention's history...
Solemnly stepping through their paces, the Senators first received the House-passed Marcantonio bill, which would outlaw the poll tax in eight Southern states. On cue, bombastic old Tom Connally rose up to shake his grey-white mane and speak his piece about States' rights. "Because my own State of Texas does not conduct its affairs as the State of New York thinks it should conduct them," he declaimed, "these crusaders, these Sir Galahads, mount their steeds and come down into Texas to modify us, and to Christianize us, and to liberalize us, and to modernize...
Meanwhile the Army-ruled Federal Commissioner in Entre Rios, taking his cue from the Big Boss in B.A., forbade provincial newspapers-at cost of permanent suppression-to make any mention whatsoever of such dangerous subjects as the Constitution, freedom or religion...
...civil servant named William Joseph Shields stood on the stage of Dublin's great Abbey Theatre, quakingly ready to deliver himself of his first speaking role. It was brief. The play was Sheridan's The Critic and his entire role, as "2nd Sentry," was to meet the cue "All this shall to Lord Burley's ear" with a yes-man's " 'Tis meet it should." Just before the cue, the malicious actor next him whispered, and the terrified Mr. Shields repeated, loud & clear, " 'Tis sheet it mould." He has been a comedian ever since...