Word: bandwagon
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...fact, mortgage lenders are jumping on the bandwagon. There were 79,000 such modifications in August, up 200% from a year ago, according to the industry-backed Hope Now Alliance...
...while so many schools are hopping on the free education bandwagon, Harvard is still hanging out by the side of the road...
...whining and semi-fake expressions of compassion with homeowners are all mixed in print and the airwaves with serious analysis. A surefire recipe for confusion has thus emerged. Although many seem to enjoy suggesting that the present state is disastrous or worse, certainly not all have jumped on the bandwagon...
...Democratic attempt to get onboard the drilling bandwagon may not, in the end, make a lot of political difference. For starters, the Senate compromise bill will face several hurdles when it comes to the floor next week (some Democrats worry that it may be scuttled by a group of Senators headed by McCain's friend Lindsey Graham of South Carolina). And even if the Senate bill does pass, Democratic aides admit that at this late date, it may have as little impact on voters as drilling itself will have on gas prices by Election...
...National Terror Cricket is an 800-pound gorilla that has smothered all other sports in India ("Subcontinental Shift," June 30 - July 7). It hogs the media, sponges all the sponsorship, and makes idols of mediocre, inconsistent and narcissistic athletes. Even the sport's bandwagon followers manage to spend hours discussing endless inanities about the turn of a ball or the long hair of a wicketkeeper. If India produces any world-class contenders in, say, chess or shooting or racing, it is a tribute to their doggedness and talent that they flourish despite the specter of cricket looming above them like...