Word: bandwagons
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...British already rode the Peró bandwagon (they were never off it). Sir Montague Eddy, boss of Britain's billion-dollar investment in Argentine railways, was reportedly ready to strike a deal permitting expropriation of his railways by Peró. Trade scouts were promising trucks and buses, more textiles, and an aircraft plant for Argentina in three months. More important than the lavish U.S. wartime buying program, Britain still took Argentina's entire meat supply-some of which goes to UNRRA. Last week the British extended their favorable trade treaty with Argentina for a further six months...
Using every trick of the trade, including the bandwagon effect, vague, honeyed generalizations, and half-truths, Professor Friedrich moulded the public opinion of Concord in perfect text-book style. He had them eating out of Cherington's hand...
...daffy Daley was clowning on the four-a-day before anybody had heard very much of such loudmouths as Martha Raye and Betty Hutton. When the Fitch Bandwagon hired Cass as a summer replacement in 1945, the radio studio was filled with her admirers. To gain these old fans, Cass had to start young (she is only...
...When flags were waving and the youth of the nation was marching off to keep aggressors away, none of those left behind were worried about our emotional reaction to the sudden change. But now everyone is writing a book or jumping on the bandwagon with helpful suggestions on how to train the returning animal to live in his own home...
Argentine dopesters figured his chances, quickly decided that Perón, in trying to leap from bandwagon to bandwagon, might very well land in the gutter. Few believed he could win more than 10% of the votes in a fair election. But Argentine democrats were uneasy, suspecting a booby trap. From the provinces came reports that pamphlets praising Perón were flying thick as snowflakes. Handkerchiefs, buttons and mate gourds displayed his manly portrait. The Strong Man's "democratic" campaign was already under...