Word: cues
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recognizable face in all of Japan. She is a phenomenon, a conspicuous exception to the tradition of servile and "wifely" women on Japanese television. Until Tetsuko, women on the air were invariably hai hai girls, pretty poppets who decorated the chair next to the male host and giggled on cue. But her debut as a talk-show host eleven years ago changed all that. Her quick tongue, candor, spontaneity and irrepressible curiosity were revolutionary and made her a significant role model for ambitious women all across Japan. Says Eiichi Adachi, television critic of Tokyo's daily Hochi: "Tetsuko...
...unemployment or underemployment has reached 35%. These problems tend to have more of an impact on Mexicans who live in the northern states, closer to the U.S. border. The PAN, a center-right party that generally favors private enterprise, had mounted a slick, expensive campaign. PAN officials took a cue from candidates north of the border by financing their campaign with contributions from small-and medium-size businesses, a new but legal departure from Mexican political custom...
...that concern could be warranted if other colleges and universities take Columbia and Catholic's cue. According to one congressional staffer familiar with science and technology issues. "The two universities unprecedented action could undermine the whole process of peer review...
...estimated that a dozen Senators would take their voting cue from Glenn. Thus enormous pressure was applied to get him to change his mind. Through top aides like Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Carter sent along secret information that backup monitoring would soon be ready. Prominent Senators leaned hard on him. Glenn would not budge. His position: as soon as adequate verification was reinstated, he would vote for the treaty. The President, frustrated at what he considered Glenn's tunnel vision, telephoned him at home early one morning to complain further. Carter afterward told his staff he had never...
Rather has always been an aggressive, sometimes abrasive reporter. As an anchorman, where fast delivery is joined to excellent enunciation, he works just as hard. Though producers try to ease his intensity, his smile after a light feature in the news looks as if he had just read a cue card saying SMILE...