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Much Furby hype originated with the geek-chic set. The magazine you're reading is partly responsible. After Toy Fair '98, TIME ran a Techwatch item mentioning them. USA Today also noticed, and after an electronics fair in May, CBS This Morning did a segment. That ginned up interest last summer, even though Furby's complicated innards meant it wouldn't be ready for stores until fall...
...hype surrounding this presidential fiasco could constitute "shame" enough--for most people. But Clinton needs constant reminders--and one final Congressional slap across the face--to understand the magnitude of his failings. We as a nation, through Congress, need to rebuke the president officially for his wrongdoing. With censure, we will be telling the President, for the record, that we are repulsed by his acts. We are ashamed of him. Further, he must apologize to us, fully and without legalistic maneuvering...
...allegiances are split among a multitude of clubs, groups and Houses. Unlike many of the events put on by the countless ethnic, racial and religious groups on campus, The Game is not meant to appeal to only a segment of the student population. Everyone is included in the Yale hype. Further, the issues that would normally inhibit our praising fair Harvard--from grapes at lunch to Faculty diversity--can be forgotten as we revel in uninhibited school pride for these few days...
NAME: (DON'T BELIEVE THE) HYPE WILLIAMS OCCUPATION: hipster/movie director BEST PUNCH: Accuses the former Laker of "censoring" his film by refusing to show it in the Magic Johnson Theater Chain due to possible violence...
...hype that surrounded its 10-month saga to find an American distributor, Lolita is, in the end, surprisingly tame. Overwhelming us with a cascade of lovely images, Lolita succeeds in being tragically moving despite the unsavory plot...