Word: bandwagoners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...drinking too much orange juice," says Eric Boomhower of the Florida department of citrus. At one point, citrus growers looked into whether they could use an obscure state law against disparaging agriculture to sue Agatston. "There is a shift in consumer demand," Agatston responds. "People should get on the bandwagon and stop complaining." The growers have done both. They launched a $7 million ad campaign last week playing up their product's nutritional value, and they have started offering lower-carb juice...
...adult population is on a diet, a figure that has remained fairly steady for decades. Not surprisingly, the publishing world has built a reliable revenue stream serving this market, pumping out titles addressing any and all diet concerns of the day. Book publishers "will jump on any bandwagon," notes Nora Rawlinson, editor in chief of Publishers Weekly...
...continues to be led by Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, which has been on the New York Times best-seller list for nearly seven years. Even the upstart South Beach Diet, which hit print just last year, has spent 53 weeks on the list. Magazines are jumping on the bandwagon too. Low Carb Energy will join LowCarb Living on newsstands nationwide next month. "No one could have forecast that this cyclone was coming," says Jim Capparell, publisher of LowCarb Living. He sat on his idea for nearly a year before acting. "If this is a fad," he adds, "I hope...
...Krishna Advani are holding a rally a couple of hours away in the state capital, Lucknow, which is Vajpayee's constituency. Whatever the BJP's electoral standing, the polite applause and lackluster cheers that greet the two leaders bear no comparison to the wild scenes swamping the Gandhi bandwagon. As Rahul says of these hordes: "This is not political. This is emotional." Rahul says the affection for his family stems from its dedication to public service. But in the hysteria of the crowds, the fevered press discussion surrounding Rahul's dimples and Priyanka's fair skin, and Rahul's insistence...
...Kerry should be required reading for all Americans. The man offered merely a series of distinctions with no real differences from Bush's policies. I conclude that Kerry is incapable of making a decision until the most popular course is revealed. Only then would he jump on the winning bandwagon. And this from a man who wants us to entrust him with the responsibility for making decisions concerning life and death, war and peace? ALAN O'CONNOR Crown Point...