Word: overblown
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...tired of the Paulistas was that so many of them seemed - what's the polite word? - nuts. Paul's supporters aren't all black-helicopter paranoiacs, but the black-helicopter paranoiacs sure do support Ron Paul. The controversy over a few racist articles in his old newsletters was probably overblown; there's no evidence that Paul himself was ever a racist. But he is an extremist - partly in the Barry Goldwater extremism-in-defense-of-liberty-is-no-vice sense of the word, but also in the wacky let's-relitigate-the-currency-debates-of-the-1820s sense...
Cabot resident Elizabeth Towle ’10 echoed these sentiments, calling the media response “overblown...
...profit would have to sell a small portion to developers to finance the deal. Nevertheless, while we are sympathetic to the desire to preserve woodlands in Massachusetts and the need to remain true to donors’ bequests, we think the locals’ concerns are a bit overblown here. We see no reason that Harvard itself must continue to own and maintain the land. As long as groups such as the Trustees of Reservation are interested in preserving the tract, then Harvard should be allowed to sell it to them, under the condition that it continues to be used...
...exceedingly rare for an athlete in this day and age to say what’s on his or her mind. With the media vultures circling about and radio pundits with hours of talk-time to fill, no one wants to become tomorrow’s overblown story. This is why 99 percent of press conferences have been reduced to the same buzzwords like “team chemistry” and “hard work” and “focused on (insert next game...
...expected to sacrifice quality of life for casinos any more than to sacrifice quality of life for a casino moratorium. With proper implementation, expanded gambling will inject Massachusetts with much-needed energy and money. It is narrow-minded to deny these benefits to the Commonwealth while pointing to overblown social consequences. For instance, the argument that casinos will bankrupt poor people who trust their fortunes to fate neglects their free will and assumes that they cannot think and act for themselves. And to maintain a social conscience, part of the new revenue will also be used to treat gambling addictions?...