watchword

• By David Menconi, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 6 -- Up and down the music industry these days, the watchword is "independence." —  BLACK ENTERPRISE
• After all, "continuity" has been his watchword -- or rather, it became his watchword right after he was swept into office as the self-proclaimed embodiment of the public's desperate longing for change. —  CounterPunch
• Redemption has replaced rendition as the new American watchword, and anyone paying attention to the G-20 summit last week saw the international community breathe a collective sigh of relief as President Obama allowed that yes, we Yanks had a bit to do with the current global economic disaster. —  Seattle Weekly | Complete Issue
• But among the citizen-journalists chronicling the crisis at www. worldwithoutoil.org, the watchword was caution. —  ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
• The jingle, the clamour, the chant, the ring tone, the watchword is scary.

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