Word: bandwagons
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...this testimonial to Larry’s commitment to fighting global poverty leads one to believe that Larry is ready to jump on every bandwagon or support any compassionate-sounding idea, they will be sorely disappointed. Larry combines a soft heart with a hard head. Larry never stopped reminding any of us that a lack of rigor—a willingness to tolerate waste and even corruption—was not consistent with compassionate aims. Those who eschew rigorous analysis and high standards in devising policies to fight global poverty ultimately let down the children they are trying to help...
...Department, represents the starkest warning yet of a post-September 11th follow-up terrorist attack. Despite the non-specific nature of the FBI?s message, it was designed to make Americans sit up and take notice. And sit up we did: Newspapers were quick to leap on the panic bandwagon: RED ALERT, screamed the New York Post. TERRORIST ATTACKS IMMINENT, blared the Washington Post. Any latent fears were further fanned by the announcement Friday morning that an employee of NBC News in New York had tested positive for cutaneous anthrax...
...esoteric musical offshoot of political turmoil (in the case of punk, economic and social turmoil in late-1970’s Britain; in the case of indie, rebellion against traditional gender roles in music and disdain towards the mass marketing of an art form) was deliberately sold as bandwagon rebellion. As Bart Simpson said while the Smashing Pumpkins played in front of him at Lollapalooza, “making teenagers depressed is like shooting fish in a barrel,” and through deliberate and contrived publicity, the UK-banned Never Mind the Bollocks became a No. 1 album...
...Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds is on pace to bludgeon the home-run record this season, but America should not expect an invitation to hop on his bandwagon. Depending on whom you ask, Bonds is either notoriously arrogant or shy bordering on prickly, and his flaws, of which there are a few, are not the sweet, character-building ones that move Billy Crystal to filmmaking. Make no mistake, though, with 39 dingers at press time--the most in baseball history before the All-Star break--Bonds doesn't just have a chance to break Mark McGwire's 1998 record...
...there," says Margaret. "When you find the best, why go anywhere else?" The free events include a hot-air balloon race and continuous music from players perched on high-wheel 1890s bicycles, Civil War-era bands, musicians performing from a re-created turn-of-the-century bandwagon, and New Orleans-style jazz bands. There is also an all-day band-history conference, which costs...