Word: cues
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...last week, some longtime reformist commentators expressed skepticism about his intentions. But Khatami had long made clear that he would run only as the consensus candidate of the anti-Ahmadinejad forces, and even then, reluctantly. He appears to have taken Moussavi's entry into the race as a cue to bow out and declare his support for the former Prime Minister. (See pictures of the legacy of Iran's revolution...
...actors they see on the screen. Celebrities are agents of entertainment, not the “elect” who are destined to transform our society for the better. They are merely a group of people with the rare ability to make their audiences laugh and cry on cue, and such talent is merely a matter of good fortune. And why should we allow people whose “prominence” is as arbitrary as the films playing at a local theater to wield any major influence on political and social discourse...
...idea is probably not out of the question. For that matter, he would probably also take over the University of Texas at Austin and name the university after himself. But one things certain: this man won't need any stimulus for his endowment. (Cue laugh track...
...after Harvard was penalized for too many skaters on the ice—Stewart found Gersten open on the right wing. From distance, the defenseman smashed the puck through a crowded goalmouth and past the glove of junior goaltender Christina Kessler.Cue delirium amongst the RPI bench and fans; cue devastation amongst the Crimson players so near but yet so far from victory.“You have to let [the players] go through the process of being disappointed and dissatisfied and see what comes out of the dust—you can’t patch the holes at this...
...William James Hall, site of the famous Registrarian Monkey Revolt. Proclaiming himself Maestro de Los Monos, Titan of the Tamarins, Oligarch of the Orangutans, Champion of the Chimps, Liberator of the Lemurs, First Secretary of the Democratic Worker Monkeys Popular Banana Front, and Guardian of the CUE, Registrar Barry S. Kane marched on the building and stabbed several security guards with a letter opener, which was marked with the monogram “DGF.” He then released all of the monkeys and led them, as the Pied Piper of Primates, into University Hall. Thus was born...