bellwether

• We did a quick count, and there was one more than usual, but which one was the bellwether was anybody's guess. —  Futures Imperfect
• I thought about explaining that, given the percentage of nonsmokers in the general population and the tiny number of Niebnitz Grant recipients, the likelihood of their being nonsmokers (or anything else) was statistically insignificant, but the bellwether was still unidentified. —  Futures Imperfect
• "Your friend's bringing the bellwether will be on it." —  Futures Imperfect
• Remember how Shirl said the bellwether was the same as the other sheep, only a little greedier, a little faster, a little ahead? —  Futures Imperfect
• One of the most curious examples of the tendency to follow a bellwether is found in the various pictures called “The Anatomy Lesson.” When Venice was at its height, in the year Fourteen Hundred Ninety-two—a date we can easily remember—an unknown individual drew a picture of a professor of anatomy; on a table in the center is a naked human corpse, while all around are ranged the great doctor's pupils. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters

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