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...Bandwagon Wheels. It is an intriguing case study in the operation of the new Democratic guidelines. Of the present candidates, Muskie is Gilligan's favorite. At this stage, endorsement of Muskie would constitute the most powerful boost yet to his presidential chances, and provide wheels for a bandwagon. Gilligan's political clout with Ohio Democrats is such that an endorsement would do more for Muskie than the recently announced support by Senators John Tunney of California and Thomas Mclntyre of New Hampshire...
...that Jesus has been discovered as a moneymaker, everybody will be getting on the bandwagon with all kinds of spiritual and religious plays. Praise the Lord and pass the remuneration...
Certainly the sportswriter will be the first to jump on the "athletics builds men" bandwagon, for his profession argues that the contrivances of the sports world before a public crowd have something newsworthy. Sportswriters, it could be argued, may not have the earth-shattering events that direct the world (though riots in Pittsburgh may present a case), but the sports world captures that quality of life experience that the reader seeks to know and understand...
...legitimate government of China, Washington is reluctant to let a longstanding ally down-or to be seen to do so-and is also concerned that the U.N. might set an unfortunate precedent should it expel a well-behaved charter member. More important, the U.S. wishes to prevent any bandwagon rush to Peking, thereby giving many smaller nations time to adjust to the new triangular world in which the U.S. will be conducting big-power diplomacy with both Moscow and Peking. As it turned out, the U.S. lost one procedural vote and won another...
...dancing schools across the country, there was a sudden demand for lessons in the nearly lost tapsichorean art. Vogue jumped on the bandwagon last March by suggesting that "a few tap lessons might be just the thing to stir up lots of good feelings" and advising readers to call Dance Magazine for details. The response was overwhelming. Dance's Nancy Mason, who fielded the inquiries, says that for weeks "I was spending most of my day telling people where to go to learn to tap-dance...