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Officially, France remains on the anti-Saddam bandwagon. During the CSCE summit in Paris two weeks ago, President Francois Mitterrand repeatedly told Bush that "we're not going to leave you alone in the desert." The public is more diffident: in a poll published by Le Figaro last week, only 36% said they would favor French involvement in a gulf war, down from 46% in September. An earlier survey had shown that 53% wanted France to stand by the U.S.; that figure has fallen...
Call me a bandwagon fan--so was the United States in World War I. You say I desert my team when its losing? I say that's the best time to desert it. Show me a fairweather fan and I'll show you a fan who doesn't catch a cold...
...first, the Review jumped on the bandwagon by denouncing itself, alleging that "it was an inside job" and pledging, in language that can only be described as Hitleresque, to root out the "human filth" that had typed in the Hitler quote. But a few days later, the magazine went on the offensive and began to push the dubious theory that anti-Review forces were somehow responsible. The usual suspects were trotted out to hint darkly of liberal agents provacateurs who had burrowed their way on to the review's staff. The Wall Street Journal devoted almost an entire editorial page...
Businesses too have begun to jump on the recession bandwagon, putting aside their plans for new projects. Until recently, Airways Rent-a-Car aimed to expand from its Chicago base into 100 U.S. cities. But the family-owned business has cut back its goal to just 25 markets. Says Michael Zaransky, the rental firm's president: "I'd rather be tight and out of cars than stuck with too many. It's just too costly...
...former Crimson sports editor who worked at The Detroit Free Press this summer. Like Olson, Frey was verbally attacked by a chauvinist athlete--in Frey's case, Tigers pitcher Jack Morris. Like Olson, Frey saw the offending organization's powers-that-be scurry to join the anti-feminist bandwagon. But this problem is not solved by opening the locker rooms...