Word: sensationalize
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? Oxygen deprivation rendered him mute and quadriplegic at birth, forcing him to write with a "unicorn stick" strapped to his forehead. Yet Christopher Nolan, 43, became a literary sensation, besting authors like Ian McEwan and Seamus Heaney to capture the 1988 Whitbread Award for his autobiography, Under the Eye...
Why to Get ItPop in some treasured oldie like John Ford's 1956 western The Searchers (a frequent entry point for Blu-ray connoisseurs), and voilà! Instant enlightenment. As the '40s film critic Cecilia Ager said when Citizen Kane opened, "It's as though you had never seen a movie...
Road warriors grown accustomed to regional jets on commuter hops flinch at the idea of a turboprop. Perhaps it's that sensation of being crammed into a flying matchbox while a man inside your head uses a jackhammer to tunnel his way out. (Read President Obama's statement on the...
About midway through Clarel’s first year at Harvard, Facebook began to sweep across the Yard. Seemingly ideally suited for freshmen, who tend to accumulate friendships like trading cards, Facebook quickly became a student-body sensation,en route to reshaping the social-networking world at large. It seemed...
Don’t let the records fool you, ladies and gentlemen. After the first four games of the Ivy regular season, there is a clear number one and a clear number two. Number one, everyone is in agreement on, especially after holding Yale to a measly 36 points in...