Word: hype
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
They included clippings from the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, including one in which a Globe columnist teases the attorney, Jeffrey A. Newman of the Boston firm Newman, Durso & Itzkowitz, for his "self-promotional hype." Newman sent the paper a "press relase and a ready-for publication color photo," the reporter wrote...
...ECAC is already 6-4 against Hockey East and, as Ceglarski said, "Sometimes we get more of the hype...I don't know if that's fair...
Much has been made of Silber's autocratic nature. Detractors also point to the much bally-hooed "Silber Shockers" as further evidence of his unelectability. Though we by no means endorse all of Silber's provacative comments, voters should not believe the hype. If Silber is elected, Massachusetts need not worry about the imposition of tyranical dictatorial government unless the State Legislature, and the State and Federal Courts disappear from the face of the earth...
...addition, deeply rooted gender sterotypes about leadership and a lack of cohesion among women voters are still proving them selves tough adversaries for female candidates. And despite all the media hype about the year of the woman, ultimately it is the voters--not the politicos--will decide if the phrase rings true...
Thus Kissin's Carnegie Hall recital in New York City last month was one of the most eagerly awaited American debuts of the past decade. It proved decisively that the advance word was no mere hype. Schumann's early "Abegg" Variations beguiled with youthful ardor and passion. The same composer's tricky Symphonic Etudes was taken at a daringly slow tempo initially, but Kissin made it work by, in effect, playing the series of challenging variations as if he were inventing the piece as he went along. After intermission, he tamed the ferocious Sixth Sonata by Sergei Prokofiev and concluded...