Word: sensationalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The speech created a sensation. Western delegates were stunned -- until Kozyrev explained an hour later that he was playacting. The speech, he said, was one Moscow hard-liners would deliver were they to seize power. He was warning of the dark future awaiting the world should Yeltsin fall.
Diane Stillman is watching a very large dresser with attached mirror hurtle toward her across her bedroom. Having lived in Los Angeles all her life, the 43-year-old paralegal knows she is in an earthquake. And she herself isn't hurt. What worries her is her mother, 83 and...
On the other side of the blue line lies Finnish sensation Marko Tuomainen, a junior who was named a first-team ECAC All-Star last year. He has scored eight goals and assisted on 13 others this year. Senior Jason Currie has been the main man in net, stopping 88.9...
In any case, they are eagerly seeking it. All three dominant shows are attempting to downplay their sensationalistic aspects and be taken seriously. The main reason can be traced, as usual, to the bottom line: many blue-chip advertisers are reluctant to be associated with sensation-seeking shows, and stations...
It also capped one of the longest sustained winning streaks of the Clinton presidency -- about seven days. Coming on the heels of the NAFTA triumph, images of elated flight attendants around the country shouting "Thank you, Bill!" afforded Clinton the novel sensation of basking in public acclaim while simultaneously massaging...