Search Details

Word: cues (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Many candidates may try to follow Seton and Redmond's cue and "balance their ticket"--choosing a running-mate who can appeal to constituencies they could not win over alone...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad and Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Let the Race Begin | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...thirtysomething had been there and done that, and made it clear that fin-de-sicle unhappiness on TV was for their generation only; TV twentysomethings were left to stake new claim in another territory, the frothy world of Friends. That's where Kevin Smith stepped in. Taking a cue from Whit Stillman's so-so trilogy of yuppie angst (Metropolitan was delightfully disaffected, but did anyone really care about Last Days of Disco?), Smith began a series of post-yuppie angst-noir with 1994's Clerks, a grimly hilarious movie that combined Seinfeld's inane blabber and outlandishly tragicomic situations...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: hush, yuppies: would you like some whine with your cheese? | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...thirtysomething had been there and done that, and made it clear that fin-de-sicle unhappiness on TV was for their generation only; TV twentysomethings were left to stake new claim in another territory, the frothy world of Friends. That's where Kevin Smith stepped in. Taking a cue from Whit Stillman's so-so trilogy of yuppie angst (Metropolitan was delightfully disaffected, but did anyone really care about Last Days of Disco?), Smith began a series of post-yuppie angst-noir with 1994's Clerks, a grimly hilarious movie that combined Seinfeld's inane blabber and outlandishly tragicomic situations...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Undoing Yuppiedom | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...weeks. A variety of candidates on the primary landscape is both natural and necessary. Furthermore, the Vice President's legendary blandness--though likely more legend than fact--probably inclined the media to throw itself at Bradley's feet. The national media must have been overjoyed when Gore took the cue that Bradley was not only on the cover of Time magazine and in the headlines, but at his heels, and put out the offer for debates...

Author: By Adam I. Arenson, | Title: Why Gore and Bradley Must Debate | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...baby boomers are squeamish too. Does trying to stay young mean having to subject your delicate face to the surgeon's knife? What we'd much rather have is a cosmetic "quick fix": fresher, firmer skin with no blood and gore, very little healing time--and cheaper too. Cue the laser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next