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paper chase

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paper chase
a former type of cross-country run in which a runner laid a trail of paper for others to follow


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Examples of programs that were intensely popular among smaller viewing groups, and thus faced cancellation on commercial television, include Lawrence Welk among elder viewers, Dark Shadows among teenagers, Star Trek among science fiction fans, The Waltons among nostalgic idealists, and Dick Cavett or Paper Chase among intellectuals.
Surely the WGA effort, which is still too much of a numbers-crunching paper chase, has the potential to make some real change in our nation's long-term energy strategy.
by the USDA, has slowly been gaining supporters (see "The Paper Chase," cover story, May/June 2004).
 
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