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  • Oher than to sell guns (of course, .. no propblem with that) whats all the hoop-la, .. with this .338 round on a .308 case??

    Rifles of Interest, Vol. 2 2009

  • And for all the hoop-la about how public support for the space program is waning & how "lukewarm" it has been for years (based on the 50/50 number) -- I wonder how many government agencies can claim a stable 50% approval?

    Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

  • Germaine Greer, who appeared in a British production of The Vagina Monologues, called it a "much-hyped and fundamentally unchallenging piece of buffoonish American hoop-la".

    The Saturday interview: Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler 2011

  • The Toffees deserve enormous credit for not letting themselves become distracted by blanket news coverage of the Anfield boardroom hoop-la and instead going about their business with a gusto that was conspicuous by its absence from their opponents.

    Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend Barry Glendenning 2010

  • Afterall the hoop-la, stories and jokes plus the multitude of times Sarah Palin has shown herself to be lacking in the intellectual curiosity that it takes to be a politician ..... there are still people who stand up for her and think she has presidential attributes.

    Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job' 2009

  • Oher than to sell guns (of course, .. no propblem with that) whats all the hoop-la, .. with this .338 round on a .308 case??

    Rifles of Interest, Vol. 2 2009

  • Beaujolais has had a pretty ignominious fall from grace and popularity since the Beaujolais Nouveau hoop-la of the 1980s.

    2009: Beaujolais Nouveau's Big Year? 2010

  • Beaujolais has had a pretty ignominious fall from grace and popularity since the Beaujolais Nouveau hoop-la of the 1980s.

    2009: Beaujolais Nouveau's Big Year? 2010

  • It happened to be his winning election night too, but his twelfth in 38 years, and he'd long since outgrown the excitement and hoop-la of electoral triumph.

    Richard H. Smith: The Top Vote-Getter in America? Lockyer of California Richard H. Smith 2010

  • Beaujolais has had a pretty ignominious fall from grace and popularity since the Beaujolais Nouveau hoop-la of the 1980s.

    2009: Beaujolais Nouveau's Big Year? 2010

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