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Just when everyone was starting to join the Harvard men's tennis team's bandwagon, things started getting lonely in the Lone Star state...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Drop Two at H.E.B. Invitational | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

Other Republicans, though, are scrambling to get aboard the environmental bandwagon. Florida Governor Bob Martinez, expecting a difficult re-election campaign next fall, last month unveiled a ten-year, $3.2 billion initiative to acquire land for environmental and recreational purposes; he also endorsed a plan to undo the work of the Army Corps of Engineers and restore much of the natural flow of South Florida's Kissimmee River. Maine Governor John McKernan, facing a challenge from Democrat Joe Brennan, a strong environmentalist, startled the audience at his state-of-the-state address last month by , proposing to breach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California Greenin' | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Collor's skills as a political tactician will also be tested. His power base, the National Reconstruction Party, controls only a few seats in the congress. The new President will need to create alliances with centrist parties and rely on a bandwagon effect from his victory to govern effectively. Though he denies it, Collor is known to be deeply superstitious, never entering a room, for example, except with his right foot first. Now he needs to keep his right foot forward for five long years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Putting His Best Foot Forward | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

According to Mark Lovering of Toys-R-Us, Nintendo's popularity stems from its wide range of cartridges, many of which are reproductions of popular arcade games. In addition, because the system has become so popular, additional consumers of all ages are jumping on the Nintendo bandwagon...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Of Super Marios and Zeldas | 12/2/1989 | See Source »

...current popular interest, leaving other equally pressing but less publicized matters unaddressed. Saving our forests is certainly a very popular issue these days. Thousands have responded to increased media attention and the pleas of pop stars like the Grateful Dead and David Byrne by hopping onto the arboreal bandwagon. The fate of the world's forests and woodlands is indeed an important issue, but what about the other less trendy "wet spots" on our hypothetical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dirty Sheets | 11/18/1989 | See Source »

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