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...then we will have denigrated the truly great individuals who have changed the world for the better. These false gods of the masses have already hypnotized most of America. Is Harvard about to join the club? Perhaps we can't expect the American people to see through all the hype, but Harvard students should know better than to succumb to celebrity worship...

Author: By Bradley L. Whitman, | Title: Harvard Falls Starstruck | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

...beginning of the season, Vermont was written up as the new team in the ECAC," he said. "We have to go in there and prove the hype wrong...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Iceman Goeth | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

...endorsements, big hair and dates with Brooke Shields do not a tennis star make. But in a rare instance of substance overtaking hype, the hirsute Las Vegan became the first unseeded player ever to win the U.S. Open and instantly erased his image as young, gifted and slack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best and Worst Sports of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

Arkansas' vaunted Hogs won the NCAA basketball championship by overcoming media hype (the team made eight appearances on national television), stiff competition from rival Duke (whom they edged 76-72 in the final minute) and the support of Bill Clinton, who has a knack for getting behind a losing cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best and Worst Sports of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

...publication is nothing more than a newfangled collection of buzzwords. The cover of November's premiere issue features text-art including AIDS, the Internet, Sex, Phat, Apathy, Slacker, Segregation, Lollapallooza, Beavis, Butthead, Real World, Influential, Multicultural, Promiscuous, Activists, Brady Bunch, Woodstock, Skeptical, Cynical, Bust, Boom, Driven, Idealist and Hype...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Swing Kids | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

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