Word: hype
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...Believe the Hype" Public Enemy Any number of PE tracks could be counted as the most important, but my favorite is this one because it's a stunning preemptive strike on the inevitable media backlash against the band and hip-hop in general...
Like most generalizations, this one is not foolproof. It's a chicken-and-egg problem: who's to say whether the university fits the mythology, or the mythology fits the university? And sure, there are levels on which this is just a story, surrounded by self-perpetuating hype...
...trying to not get into the hype," says Jones as her cheeks are dusted. "I think I've done a good job with the pressure--so far." The French makeup artist looks Jones up and down and jabs for her knees with the powder puff. "Zis heeere?" Jones' knees are singed with burns caused by taking a sprinter's stance on the coarse surface of the track dozens of times each day. "No," she says sweetly but emphatically. "No--that...
...hype to call Felix Savon's boxing record Herculean: 266 wins, nine losses; six world amateur championships since 1986 and gold medals in the past two Olympics. You'd think a Cuban fighter who has owned the ring like that for the past 15 years could retire to a beach hammock with a tall glass of Havana Club and a Cohiba...
Neither is. Whether you benefit from each plan depends on the size of your income, how you choose to spend it and how many family members you're supporting. Generally speaking, you can believe the hype about the two plans. Bush's tax cut is almost three times as costly as Gore's and heaps most of its benefits onto wealthy Americans. Bush offers a couple of middle-class goodies--doubling the existing $500-per-child tax credit and reducing the marriage penalty--but since the thrust of his plan is an across-the-board cut, the wealthy folks...