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Word: hyping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hauled down a mother of an account today,'' Joe explains. ``We hype cars. We hype computers. We hype athletic shoes. But as of three hours ago, we are hyping a currency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT SIMOLEON CAPER | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...clutched his award with pride. "Y'know, I'd like to be sincere and all, but then I'd look like an even bigger idiot. And I already look like that King George guy." Beneath the hype and the dress, Hanks is a good guy who knows how to make people feel at ease, even plebeian reporters. He knew his place in the scheme of the evening...

Author: By Sarah M. Rose, | Title: Hanks and the Hasty Hunks | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

...tough guy, read this article. I mean now, not next week! I had the chance to meet the phone-pranking duo known as The Jerky Boys when they passed through Boston to hype their new film, jerky. Johnny Brennan and Kamal, a couple of wage laborers from New York City, started calling and harassing businesses for fun in 1986. Since then, these guys have put out two top-40 albums preceded by numerous bootleg tapes, rubberneck...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Jerky Boys Called on Their Pranks | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

Although the press hype since the book's publication in October has focused on its implication of a link between genetics, I.Q. and race, Murray did not discuss the issue of race until the end of his speech, and then only for about five minutes...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Day of Protest Greets 'Bell Curve' Author | 2/15/1995 | See Source »

...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 »

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