Word: overblown
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...watched the video for this song a lot in 1995, back when I was morbidly obese and vaguely homosexual. The lyrics have an interesting idea—Madonna using theatrical metaphors to disdain an overblown lover—but it goes on for an obscene five and a half minutes. And I mean, does anyone ever really believe these chanteuses when they complain about having their hearts broken? The show is over, Madonna. Say goodbye. Time to get preggers...
...April of this year Yurchenko was named deputy chief of intelligence operations in the U.S. and Canada, a position that theoretically would allow him to know the identity of every Soviet agent in those countries. Reports that Yurchenko was the No. 5 man in the KGB are overblown, according to an intelligence source, but he "was a very senior person who had a high-ranking position within the organization...
...Congress, which by constitutional mandate is entrusted to pass laws for the nation, will again and again be petitioned to deal with personal situations which are the responsibility of the several states." Even so, the idea of a meaningful split emerging in the Republican ranks seems to be overblown. The people who deliver votes and mobilize constituencies are still on the same page, and that means doing what they can to make social conservatives happy...
It’s not quite Nietzche, but it has a similar dour finality that may at first strike the viewer as overblown. After watching Mondovino, however, audiences may well find themselves as passionate about the high-stakes game of winemaking as Guibert...
...sincerity, it’s easy to imagine Miller’s misgivings about the extravagant hysterics of Griffith’s film. Indeed, his initial response was “a wide sense of amusement. It was very difficult to take seriously. It was kind of overblown...