"Being mainstream has been very dangerous for the West".
But on Friday, nearly unanimous House Republicans showed just how far their mainstream has been dragged to the right.
FOR an industry that lurked in shadows for decades, satellite imaging's transition into the mainstream has been dramatic.
Fela Kuti's crossover into the western mainstream has been gaining momentum ever since his death in 1987.
Ever since the 1987 confirmation hearing of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, the issue of whether a nominee is in the legal mainstream has been a prime debating point.
AfD, generally seen as well to the right of Germany's political mainstream, has been allied with David Cameron's MEPs in the European parliament since 2014.
The pressure to use a position of relative influence to place concerns and issues in the mainstream has been considerable and understandable.
And, again, the mainstream has been sucked into the conversation, with morning shows and even CNN weighing in gravely when some celebribot tips over into dissolution.
Although the progress of privatisation proposals from the margin to the mainstream has been dramatic, there is a long road ahead to convince ordinary Americans that reform is in their interests.
Thin film, as this technology is known, is still less popular than crystalline cells and its move to the mainstream has been a year or two away for a decade.
