Word: overblown
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...Karen Jurgensen became editor of USA Today in 1999, she became news herself. Several competing papers did stories on her, in part because she was one of few women to run a major newspaper. ("It was like I had three heads," says Jurgensen, who thinks the gender angle was overblown.) In nearly every piece, she noticed an error--nothing huge, she says, but enough to make her think, No wonder people don't like the media. So Jurgensen instituted an "accuracy program." USA Today began selecting at random stories it had published, then checking back with sources to find mistakes...
...math concentrator, added that he thought worries were overblown considering the relatively small statistical risk of infection...
Although the Clinton Administration supported the ICC during its formative stages, President Bush has declined to sign on to the court, arguing that the tribunal may castigate American soldiers and military officials with unwarranted or overblown charges brought by countries harboring hostility towards the United States...
...Realism. County Hall is already home to two hotels, the London Aquarium and the Dalí Universe - a museum dedicated to the works of the great Spanish surrealist - but the 3,700 sq m leased by the Saatchi Gallery had lain empty since 1988. Designed in 1907 in an overblown classical style, the building, with its pillars and wood-paneled interiors, is imposing. When the gallery moved in, the dust of 17 years was waiting to be swept out - as well as the carcasses of 50 dead pigeons in the chandelier. The opening show is a Hirst retrospective, including Love...
This isn’t surprising, given the fact that Treble Charger’s singer/guitarist Greig Nori produced SUM 41’s latest work. The band’s mix of conventional pouty-lipped lyrics, overblown guitars and radio-friendly riffs might make for a hit single, but simply can’t sustain an 11-track album. The Detox formula wears thin far too quickly. Remnants of the original Treble Charger can be heard in the layered and harmonized vocals (they boast two singers), but the predictable three-minute progression of songs such...