Word: hullabaloo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Roger Clemens created a lot of hullabaloo with his recent trade to the New York Yankees...
Roger Clemens created a lot of hullabaloo with his recent trade to the New York Yankees from the Toronto Blue Jays...
...matter how long dead (this one flapped off its mortal coil more than 40 years ago), may leave the U.S. at any time. "It would be really bad for us if we had to make do without the picture," says Evelin Weiss, the Ludwig's vice director. "The whole hullabaloo is totally ridiculous." The eagle would probably agree...
...famous. Not only did the book attract a massive readership, but it also inspired a cult following and such extra-literary phenomena as Garp T shirts and fan clubs. Irving's ninth novel, A Widow for One Year (Random House; 537 pages; $27.95), is unlikely to generate a similar hullabaloo. That is not because Irving's storytelling skills have waned; his new novel is in many respects his best since Garp. But over the past two decades, serious fiction has been elbowed ever further toward the fringes of popular culture. The adulation that once greeted Garp now goes to sitcoms...
Harvard would certainly feel different. The song "10,000 Men of Harvard," whose current lyrics are "10,000 men of Harvard Da DaDa DaDa Da Da," would be called "A Whole Mess a Harvard Men" and would feature several opportunities to yell "Hullabaloo!" Benefits for students would include the President's annual Commencement Holler and overall friendlier staff ("Hi, my name is Domna Sue"). Dining hall meals would be patterned after Elvis' favorites in his last years at Graceland, including Fried chicken, Fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Fried pies and Fried frying oil. And, of course, if country music...