Word: hype
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...junior Evan Harris said. “Before the game, it was just, ‘Let’s go out there and win this one for us.’ We’ve been taking everything one game at a time.”The hype surrounding the game on campus was unmatched by anything other than a certain football game in New Haven. Harvard students had to enter a lottery for tickets on Thursday afternoon—and not only were the tickets all given out, but everyone showed up. Lavietes was the loudest, most packed...
...question that remains is, How mind-altering were Van Gogh's cocktails? Skeptics pooh-pooh the so-called absinthe effect as hype perpetuated by artists and people trying to sell newspapers. Yet research shows that thujone has a significant effect on the brain, in part by blocking the neurotransmitter that controls nerve impulses. "It makes the brain zap around really fast," says Jad Adams, who wrote in Hideous Absinthe about the liquor's renown for causing lucid inebriations. "Like when you have a really strong cup of coffee...
...into the mudslinging, asking about what “one of your opponents on this stage calls […] ‘the politics of parsing.’” While this was great for entertainment value and for the media, which has been looking to hype the Obama-Clinton conflict, this was bad news for serious voters. What followed was a series of discussions on “wedge issues,” as Obama termed them. The issue of driving licenses for illegal immigrants, which tripped up Clinton in the last debate, was rehashed...
...Game itself needs no extra hype, but with history, the chance at perfection, and an Ivy League championship on the line, that’s exactly what it will...
...audio portion of media and entertainment content delivered by broadcasters, content providers, and distributors.” The beeper-like devices are said to be more accurate, easier to use, and, according to the tech gurus at Time magazine, are one of the best inventions of the year.Despite the hype, PPMs are far from a perfect system, and have more than a few flaws that cripple the data they provide. The numbers issue is the biggest concern. Paper is inexpensive, easy to distribute, and can be returned fairly easily. Diaries rely on people to remember everything they have recently listened...