Word: bandwagons
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...true that we tend to get on the bandwagon when a fad, like fitness, becomes popular. Nonetheless, we are a people who can laugh at ourselves. Long may our arms wave-and our feet pound the country roads and the park paths...
Money-or lack of it--has always been a problem with AIAW championships. In 1979 the Eastern champion Springfield field hockey team could not attend the AIAW national tournament simply because the college could not pay for the trip. But despite the financial benefits of joining the NCAA bandwagon, the Ivy League has decided to stay with the AIAW. "We thought that we should stick with the AIAW until we can see what path the NCAA is following," said Pat Miller, Harvard's assistant athletic director, earlier this year...
Bolstered by its first victory, the alliance campaign caravan is moving on to the Liverpool suburb of Crosby, where Shirley Williams will stand in the next by-election later this winter. If Williams can win in another traditionally Tory constituency, the S.D.P. bandwagon may really begin to roll...
This record screams "We're ripping you off," pleasantly symbolizing the state of the art. Billy Idol has jumped on the bandwagon of re-recording 60s hits with the added technology of the 80s. When the songs come on the radio, in a bar, in a club, they ahve built-in instant recognition value. Barland Jeffreys did this to "96 Tears", Karla DeVito (on her astoundingly titled album, Is this a Cool World or WHAT?) recycled "Midnight Confessions." Last summer's "Stars on 45" melded dozens of these songs into one disco fiasco...
...other broadcasting companies are getting on the bandwagon. Last week ABC Video Enterprises and Westinghouse Broadcasting's Group W Communications announced joint plans for two all-news cable channels next year. Satellite NewsChannels will be offered free to cable companies (CNN charges cable operators 15? to 20? per subscriber) and will feature both a short and long look at events...