Word: hype
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...hype surrounding the Michael Douglas-Catherine Zeta-Jones wedding was awfully bloated, but at least they actually got married. MADONNA, however, has been publicly flirting with marriage to film director GUY RITCHIE for months. There was the bagel-size diamond ring she'd been sporting, plus rumors of a Scottish ceremony, the baby they had together--all the usual celebrity nuptial signs. On Tuesday, finally, Madonna told Britain's The Sun: "Guy has asked me to marry him, and I've said yes, but we haven't decided when yet." Wonderful; on to Gwyneth and Ben...but no. Later that...
...disagree with those who would only pass it off as just that- "youthful indiscretion" associated with a football game. For all the hype and attention accorded to The Game, there really is a reason to capitalize it. Not because of the tailgate, not because of the media, and certainly not because of the audience on either side. The players who give their time, energy, and college lives playing football without scholarships deserve the attention they receive. And for that reason, Harvard's players deserved better than yesterday...
...disagree with those who would only pass it off as just that- "youthful indiscretion" associated with a football game. For all the hype and attention accorded to The Game, there really is a reason to capitalize it. Not because of the tailgate, not because of the media, and certainly not because of the audience on either side. The players who give their time, energy, and college lives playing football without scholarships deserve the attention they receive. And for that reason, Harvard's players deserved better than yesterday...
...hype surrounding the Harvard-Yale Game could have not have been more intense had it been a presidential election. Few dared to predict the outcome. Yale surged to a commanding first-half lead, and held the lead well into the fourth quarter. With but minutes to go in the game, Yale was confidently marching down the field, holding onto a seemingly insurmountable 16-point margin. To many observers, especially on the Yale side, it might have seemed the graceful thing for Harvard simply to concede victory to Yale. The game seemed all but lost...
...lived up to the hype...