Word: bandwagon
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...which stated, deceptively, that Prozac could not only make depressed people feel better, but that it could make people feel “better than well!”—dozens of writers, doctor and layperson alike, have jumped on the “overmedication” bandwagon. Americans, they declare, have been duped by pharmaceutical companies and doctors into believing that the everyday downs and disappointments that come with being human are not only undesirable, but unhealthy and altogether avoidable. They seem to imagine that doctors across the country encourage even the healthiest of patients...
...PBHA offers 72 different programs to undergraduates, according to the organization’s Web site. Fraternities and sororities have social service arms, and even some final clubs are hopping on the “comm serve” bandwagon, adding various one-day service events into their social calendars...
...afford to look craven. We may expect that from the every-man-for-himself plutocrats; but the virtuecrats are supposed to believe in something. So when Robertson et al ignored the conspicuous apostasies of Rudy and, in his earlier more liberal life, Romney, in order to jump on the bandwagon, they exposed a much less lofty agenda: they just liked their seat at the table, they didn't want to lose, and they didn't seem to realize that by signing on with a front-runner, they were following, not leading; demonstrating weakness, not strength...
...mortified by what is happening right now," muttered Daniel Lipian, 24, the chairman of the Ohio College Republicans, and one of the dozens of young people who had booed throughout McCain's speech. "I respectfully disagree with jumping on the bandwagon of someone who has a consistent record of going against the grain of our party." But Lipian also knew that his boos were no match for a Republican Party that has been trained for decades to hate Democrats, not their own, and put aside their differences to come together for the good of the party. In the conference...
...eloquent members of the Harvard community in attendance into a raving pack of grunting and shouting Neanderthals. The crowd assembled in the Kirkland basement was probably pretty representative of any group of Harvard students who watched the Super Bowl last night. The majority were New England fans, lifelong and bandwagon alike, with a sprinkling of true Giants fans supplemented by a sizeable amount of Patriots-haters and a decent portion of those just there to watch the game because, well, that’s what one does on Super Bowl Sunday. Supporters of both teams exhausted themselves and their vocal...