Word: hype
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...public revelation Monday of drug use by several Patriots players has cast a macabre gloom over every player, coach, manager, and fan of the Patriots. A cocaine sackcloth has been drawn over what was, only 10 short days ago, the most hyped team in the hype-filled history of Boston sports...
...hype, you know it. But in between Yosemite Sam-style half-swallowed profanities, you can't help wondering whether he got it cut below the ear or in a more fashinable high-and-tight. Static swallows the remainder of the newscast; you reach the city limits, and the radio swells back on: "...late-breaking news, folks...(some annoying feedback here)...it was...fizzle, fizzle...a high and...(more bothersome static)...tight...
...basic message is that Reagan doesn't like Khadafy and wants to make things less pleasant in his country. Let Reagan make that case before the American people, as he did with less-than-stellar success before our allies. Distorting the facts and spewing jingoistic hype didn't impress them, and it shouldn't impress...
...HYPE, it's a fad, it's a fashion, but every year I fall for it, hook, line and sinker...
Well, surprise. This year's Beajolais Nouveau is just as bad as last year's, and, as far as I can remember, just as bad as the year's before. Once again, I have fallen, headlong, for something which I know is a totally gargantuan hype. And so has everyone else. The trouble is, I know that in November 1986 I--and crowds of others around me--will fall victim to the same hype...