It appeared Mr Feuerstein's earpiece malfunctioned during Mr Dominick's response, leaving him unable to respond except to add this final nugget to the debate: "Why did Obama have to pretend to be [Christian] in order to get elected?" Ms Keilar was quick to point out the US president was a Christian, as Mr Feuerstein's earpiece continued to malfunction.
(Between stops in New Hampshire, this reporter found himself trailing the former governor's S.U.V. on a back road, only to be led to the shoulder and instructed to "veer off" by a man wearing an earpiece who emerged from Mr. Romney's car. "We ran your license plate," he told the reporter, and explained that no one was permitted to follow Mr. Romney's vehicle).
Mr Darling's unfortunate complaint about his faltering Sky News earpiece on Sunday – "I've lost it" – may be mercilessly recycled, but his campaign needs to keep calm and ask frank questions about why it isn't doing better, and without turning in on itself.
"Let's see if they can do some tricks," Mr. Nash says into her earpiece.
Mr. Young and Mr. Rice, who are watching on a monitor in a van, stakeout-style, direct Mr. Stafford, who wears an earpiece, to scoop up Pete so they can dress him more suitably.
During Act II, with his earpiece in place, he received cues from Mr. Salemkour, who stood in the wings wearing a headset so he could hear the orchestra clearly.
On the first night of the Met's run of "Tristan und Isolde," which was also Mr. Barenboim's long-awaited company debut, Mr. Seiffert, despite using his earpiece for the final two acts, seemed to be glancing rather often at the prompter's box.
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For English-speaking stars like Mr. Washington, there are translators talking into an earpiece.
He shot many takes of every scene, playfully working his way toward something that felt right, often with only Mr. Phoenix on set, alone, speaking into an earpiece.
