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Manila's mayor keeps Hawaii as his ideal
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He is known for getting rid of Manila's prostitutes, who pelted him with tomatoes when he campaigned in what used to be the red-light district.
Then he legalized street vending -- the livelihood of squatters -- giving the poorest of the poor a sense of self-worth, his city millions of pesos more in taxes, and tourists what he called the "best bargain-shopping in Asia."
All the while wearing his trademark aloha shirts.
Joselito "Lito" Atienza Jr., who was elected mayor of Manila last year, was a Filipino folk dancer in Waikiki's most prestigious hotels during the 1960s. He has carried aloha ...
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Hyperbole lives at Fenway
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...Fenway Park for a new facility has the Hyperbole Hotline ringing day and night. Scores...things and put them in perspective. Hyperbole, as we never tire of explaining, is...Park that seems to encourage flights of hyperbole in normally rational reporters and commentators...
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HyperBole and EII Team Up to Make Magic Real.
PR Newswire
; SEATTLE, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- HyperBole Studios, developers of the best-selling The...interactive arena through an agreement between HyperBole and White Wolf Publishing. HyperBole and White Wolf are working together on development...
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Hyperbole and Humor in Children's Language Play.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education
; ...language behaviors examined are verbal hyperbole, whereby play interactions are initiated...are children's utterances of verbal hyperbole. Hyperbolic statements are expressions...Bechhofer, & Wolf, 1978). Playful hyperbole is the intentional verbalization of incongruity...
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Hyperbole and humor in children's language play
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education
; ...language behaviors examined are verbal hyperbole, whereby play interactions are initiated...are children's utterances of verbal hyperbole. Hyperbolic statements are expressions...Bechhofer, & Wolf,1978). Playful hyperbole is the intentional verbalization of incongruity...
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HyperBole ships "The Vortex: Quantum Gate II," an interactive movie on 3 CD-ROMs; "The Vortex" shakes Los Angeles and breaks ground in New York.
Business Wire
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1994--HyperBole Studios, a leading developer of interactive...two earthquakes. On the other coast, HyperBole was the first to debut an interactive...Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company. HyperBole's latest products will be demonstrated...
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COLUMN: Is a hyperbole a lie? Examining Sextonisms
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...the country for advancing the art of hyperbole during his tenure as dean of the NYU...into uncontrolled and utterly laughable hyperbole in describing its faculty and accomplishments...Only my editor could love that. I use hyperbole so often that my friend Ian has called...
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HyperBole Studios Signs Deal With AtomFilms; Returns to Online Entertainment Biz.
PR Newswire
; ...SEATTLE, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- HyperBole Studios, award-winning developers...signed a deal with AtomFilms to license HyperBole's original animated comedy series...promising relationship between AtomFilms and HyperBole. "HyperBole delivers unique short...
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HyperBole Studios Wins Gold 1995 NewMedia INVISION Award for The Vortex: Quantum Gate II.
Business Wire
; ...Gate II CD-ROM, from Seattle-based HyperBole Studios, won the Best Interactive Movie...Quantum Gate, also from Roach and HyperBole. Recently, The Vortex received three...Premier Award for Best Musical Score. HyperBole Studios, a creator of world-class...
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Hyperbole: ; Playing with jobs
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette
; ...understand that people are interested in engaging in hyperbole, and the instances of hyperbole are becoming apparent as time goes on," Haden...Page acted mystified. "I don't know what hyperbole he's talking about. I really don't understand...
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COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment(R) Releases 'Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole' DVD Hitting Stores on Tuesday, September 9.
PR Newswire
; ...Premiere of 'Brian Regan: The Epitome Of Hyperbole' Debuts on Saturday, September 6 at...stand-up special, "The Epitome of Hyperbole." With his perfect balance of sophisticated...Entertainment, "Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole" DVD arrives in stores nationwide on...
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