Word: ballyhoo
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Breeding New Comedians While there has been much ballyhoo in the past decade over progress in cinematic special effects with computer-generated imagery (CGI), no one has been talking, at least publicly, about the incredible breakthroughs in the relatively nascent field of comedic gene engineering (CGE). Manipulating genes to alter the makeup of a human's looks and personality has been in the realm of possibility for years. But the prospect of doing it for comedic effect is just starting to take shape. Scientists are working to isolate the specific genetic code responsible for what makes us laugh--the "funny...
Though Microsoft's lawyers haven't had a chance to make that statement yet, company spokesmen did ballyhoo the AOL-Time Warner deal as proof that the high-tech industries in which Microsoft competes--unfairly, according to the Justice Department--are evolving so quickly and convulsively that to assert Microsoft exerts monopolistic power is "almost comical...