Word: hyped
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Behind the hype is an eloquent, lyrical tale. The House of Blue Mangoes (Weidenfield & Nicolson/Viking; 416 pages) is the sweeping story of a southern Indian family, spanning a half-century from 1899 to 1947. Against the backdrop of the British Raj, two world wars and the struggle for independence, it chronicles three generations of a Tamil family?the Dorais?and through them depicts the caste tensions that simmer just below the surface in the Indian countryside. Davidar is at his best when he weaves the family's struggles with vibrant images of rural life...
...former Crimson executive, is a history and literature concentrator in Lowell House, beginning his fifth semester as a columnist and his last at Harvard. With that in mind, he hopes to muse on what we do--or don't--leave here with, given four years of hype. His column will appear on alternate Fridays...
Time passes. Things change. The doctor is back, meaner--and louder--than ever. Next month the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs will arrive in theaters on a torrent of hype and with great expectations. While Hopkins had only a few indelible scenes in Silence, in Hannibal he is front and center in the title role. The image of the red-eyed devil glowers on billboards all over the world. And the box-office well-being of the $80 million sequel depends almost entirely on audiences' fascination with Hopkins' character. The movie itself? You will love it or hate...
These stands are slickly run machines dispensing food, drink and hype in equal doses. The most popular is easily Columbia-TriStar's. Perhaps visitors are attracted by a chance to buy "Pyramid" starring Donny Osmond. More likely it's the gourmet food on tap daily from Wolfgang Puck, who personally serves guests his signature pizzas...
...there are a growing number of people with a taste for advanced medical technology--and money to burn--who are possibly being misguided by the hype of an alternative to the traditional annual exam. I call it the executive physical: a battery of noninvasive tests using the newest, most powerful and most expensive imaging systems out there--machines that can scan, at incredibly high resolutions, every twist and turn of your body. Here are some of the most popular...