Word: hype
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...seems strange that these thirtysomething acting icons would admit to this kind of fear or hesitation. But when considering the pedigrees of director Martin Scorsese and co-star Nicholson, and the hype surrounding this gangster thriller—which might just be “The Godfather” of this generation—the viewer might sympathize with their anxieties...
...both astonishing and highly depressing to see the lack of popular reaction in Western democracies to the antiterrorism-globalization steamroller. Labor protections and human rights that our forefathers fought for and, in untold cases, died for are being tossed away as a result of the hype and hysteria being propagated by governments and Big Business. The media are also guilty. What we give away in moments of anguish and fright will be more than difficult to regain later. Disdaining our laws in order to protect ourselves makes us little better than the maniacs who seek to destroy our civilisation. Paul...
...spilled about Thom Yorke’s surprise solo album, “The Eraser,” both prior to and since its July 11 debut.As rumors about new Radiohead releases—or break-ups, depending on what blog you were reading—circulated, the internet hype machine seemed content to perform at redline, relentlessly predicting and asserting on the basis of a few pre-released MySpace tracks and characteristic industry leaks.Of course, all of this press begged, and begs, the admittedly jealous question: does Yorke’s first solo effort really deserve this attention, apart...
...amidst the hydrogen hype, few have noted where the new fuel comes from: fossil fuels. As it stands, burning hydrogen reduces neither demand for fossil fuels nor emissions of carbon dioxide, because almost all the hydrogen used today comes from natural...
...would become the urban transporters of choice. He wasn?t alone in his enthusiasm. Such renowned investors and entrepreneurs as John Doerr, the venture capitalist who helped midwife Amazon.com and Google, and Apple?s Steve Jobs, vied for a piece of the Segway pie and did their bit to hype the machine before its anticlimactic launch. Doerr told TIME that Segway would become the fastest company to hit $1 billion in sales. Steve Jobs ventured its impact would equal that of the PC. If Segway has sold only 23,500 machines to date, it's hard...