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Examples
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If you ask the people who want to coat-tail off the prestige of sending people into space, you get the "Yes" answer.
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Your are a formidable candidate, however, you thought the nomination was your right by default, and now that you see that riding Bill's coat-tail didn't work (after Iowa) you've sought to do nothing but damage the Democratic Party.
Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate 2008
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Also, I believe that this year could be a 'reverse coat-tail' year.
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Still, needless to say, the Cowell song is far from the only coat-tail - riding celebrity detritus that attends the World Cup in the name of fun or charity.
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After I had thus quenched my thirst the King's, brother called me aside, and drawing from his coat-tail pocket a piece of stale black bread, divided it with me, and while munching on this the Prince began talking of his son -- General Prince Frederick Charles, popularly called the Red Prince -- who was in command of the Second Army in this battle -- the German left wing.
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They have no vision other than coat-tail politics - riding to 'power' at others 'expense.
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Im willing to bet Universal was hoping to ride the New Moon coat-tail with the teens, then they actually saw the number of people who've said they want absolutely nothing to do with very lame vampire/wolf kick, and realized they will need to go old school if they don't have those twilght boys!
Joe Johnston's The Wolfman Gets an R Rating from the MPAA « FirstShowing.net 2009
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You gotta wonder if there will be a reverse coat-tail effect: local Dem. candidates like Childers might start helping Obama in the general election.
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A final consideration is the likely coat-tail effect of each candidate.
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As such, I guess I'm not so much coat-tail riding as I am coat-tail steering.
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