Word: bandwagons
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...women, see her as a kind of feminist heroine, a fighter who knows her own worth, what she wants out of life and how to flout traditional protocol to get it. Even Camille Paglia, the American feminist movement's holy terror, got the message and has jumped on the bandwagon. Writing in the New Republic, she argued that "Diana may have become the most powerful image in world popular culture today...
Before the season was hardly underway, owners got their chance to jump on the "Take Back America" bandwagon. Only after months of bombastic deliberation did they approve the sale of the Seattle Mariners from an Indianapolis-based owner to a Seattle-based owner who happens to be Japanese. When baseball's commissioner tried to bring geographic accuracy to the composition of National League divisions, the Chicago Cubs' owners filed a law suit. (More Pacific Time Zone games caused by a move to the West Division would have cost them a little television revenue...
...everyone is thrilled to see raves enter the mainstream. "It used to be elite, and now it's kind of common," complains Andrea, 20, a raver who got into the techno mode on the West Coast. "A lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon." The danger is that as the scene becomes larger and more commercial, it risks losing the cozy counterculture atmosphere that drew people to it in the first place. To keep that from happening, ravers will have to find a way to maintain their subterranean spirit, even as they spread good vibes among the masses...
Even rookie President Neil L. Rudenstine has jumped on the bandwagon of support for the first-year commissioner...
...CRIMSON has taken a more thoughtful stand on this issue than one might have expected. In refusing to jump on the bash-the-jury bandwagon, they have shown that they clearly understand the difference between a highly emotional TV insta-trial and the calm deliberation of a court...