Word: hype
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...people have this idea that theEasterns in just an overrated high school meet.There's a lot of hype so people do well. And thenwhen they get to nationals, they fall flat ontheir faces," Peterson says. "I wanted to becomean All-American almost as much to improveHarvard's and the Ivies' name. I wanted to improveour swimming reputation...
...came from a Harvard family, and the place and the place and my friends lived up to the hype of my parents," Miller says. "I had a great time meeting lots of friends. I had great classes. The whole thing was a fairy tale...
...every student politician fear the new rules will someday affect their political careers. Some say the hype may just be a trend--like the hula hoop--and that in the future no one will care about their college days...
...Mozart year" is over. And with it, the excesses that first defined the short-lived Austrian composer and then submerged his memory in a torrent of commercial hype and cocktail-party chatter...
...would be all too easy to give up and say that only expensive PR campaigns matter to the voters any more. Tsongas' success in the Northeast showed that people are ready for an end to the hype. Jerry Brown's lowbudget campaign has filled the void Tsongas left behind. The Connecticut primary resulted in a one percentage point difference between Brown and Clinton, and polls indicate that there would have been a majority for Tsongas had he not quit. Showy packaging isn't everything...