Word: cues
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...following of listeners (and advertisers) that he could schedule five straight hours of Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane or "anybody who in those days was considered far out." In 1969 he became the first black music director of a major TV program, the David Frost Show. "O.K., Billy!" was the cue with which Frost kicked off every show...
...fists would clench, adrenalin flowed fast. The sixty would become one, like an awesome animal flanking Walker in the center. At the climax came the question in a scream, "Are you ready?", and the animal's energy roar in response. This roar was what the fans waited for, the cue to rise and cheer for the victory to come. And for the players, it meant release from Walker's spell. It was this grip on the team's emotions more than anything else, more than even his tackling or scoring that made him our Most Valuable Player...
...define their own roles in a small but crucial aspect of the case. Testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on their dealings with the CIA, Haldeman and Ehrlichman proved short on memory but very long on devotion to national security as a justification for their actions-clearly taking their cue from the President's own curious and unsettling manifesto of the week before...
...subject. Until the past fortnight, the White House was treating journalistic pursuit of the Watergate story as though it were malicious or downright unpatriotic. In his April 30 speech, belatedly but generously, the President actually praised the press for its work in exposing Watergate. Ron Ziegler picked up the cue the next day and, under some prodding, apologized for his contemptible attacks on the Washington Post. Amateur Zieglers, Agnews, Haldemans, Ehrlichmans all over the country will have to take notice...
Until Watergate, much of the public seemed willing to go along with the Administration in regarding the press as a villain. There appeared to be little popular indignation over the rhetorical or legal thrusts at press freedom. Local prosecutors and judges, taking a cue from Washington, began pressuring reporters to reveal confidential material. Consciously or unconsciously, some journalists-particularly on television-tended to be more cautious...