Word: buzzings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Gore is well aware that much of the glow around him would vanish the moment he became a candidate. The irony of the current buzz is that words like passionate and authentic are being used to describe a man who showed three entirely different personalities in as many presidential debates and whose 2000 campaign is remembered mostly for the way it was homogenized and shrink-wrapped by a string of poll-addicted handlers...
...beyond the security challenge, vestiges of a collapsing infrastructure are visible everywhere, from half-paved roads to unfinished public housing. Gasoline costs over $5 a gallon, and the parts of the capital buzz to the sounds of generators day and night in the absence of electricity. Even last week's parliamentary investiture was held in candlelight...
...clip endlessly, and Ping Pong has been viewed 12 million times since its October Web-only release, one of the most popular viral videos on the Internet today. Even for a company known for its winning, edgy marketing, that is a hat trick. By creating a youth-driven buzz so crucial to its leadership in the multibillion-dollar sneaker wars, Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore.the largest sporting-goods company in the world, with $14.7 billion in annual revenueshas kicked its $9.5 billion German rival, Adidas, in the shins...
...College Bowl club who wants to be a doctor. Who is Vikram J. Vaz? Vaz, once a Pforzheimer resident, is now among 15 contestants in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, with the chance to win $250,000. One of the hardest parts has been figuring out when to buzz in. “For someone who played on College Bowl, I want to buzz in early,” he said. “That’s a horrible, horrible move on the show.” Vaz, who is currently enrolled at the University of Texas Medical School...
...attendance lags for a while, Disney says the park is already benefiting its other businesses in Asia. Andy Bird, president of Walt Disney International, says there's been "a noticeable lift in our brand and character awareness" in China since the park's opening?for example, sales of Buzz Lightyear merchandise have jumped, in part because the character features in Disneyland's popular Astro Blasters ride. David Miller, an analyst at investment-banking firm Sanders Morris Harris in Los Angeles, agrees: "Hong Kong Disneyland has been a solid success in terms of opening up the brand in China...