Word: brouhaha
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...market. Designers like Isaac Mizrahi and Todd Oldham have taken refuge--and found success--at Target. And even brands like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein are playing catch-up with Banana Republic and J. Crew, introducing new, inexpensive lines. As one industry insider put it, "None of the [Gucci brouhaha] matters because we'll all be wearing Target and Abercrombie & Fitch in two years...
Cable advocates point out that many colleges of Harvard’s stature give students cable and advance that Harvard should sink to their level. This reminds me of the grade inflation brouhaha; wasn’t it said that Harvard students should have grades similar to those at similar institutions, like Princeton or Yale...
...members of the class say the political brouhaha they most vividly remember was a comic strip character’s campaign for president—which set off a riot in the Cambridge streets and led to the arrests of 28 Harvard students...
...planted to cover up evidence of destroyed tombs before high-level visitors examine the site. In the meantime, guards roam the park's perimeter, keeping unwanted visitors from peeking in. As for the Bamiyan replica itself, its stone eyes remain hidden behind a massive veil, unable to witness the brouhaha its birth has created...
Then Washington turns into Gaffeland, and what happens next can be comic. Both kinds of gaffe--regular and supersize--set the stage for festivals of disingenuousness and outright dishonesty. In some ways, the most honest reaction to the brouhaha has been that of Lott himself. His position has been, "Oh, c'mon, I didn't mean it." And surely he didn't mean it, at least consciously. Even if he is a racist, he had no reason to want to say so. Lott must sincerely and understandably feel blindsided. Since when are the fawning remarks of some politician at another...