ballyhooing

The movement, with its ballyhooing of entrepreneurial alternatives to public schools, helped Governor Bush polish his image as an education innovator.

Some were matters of appearance, like his ballyhooing of new ethics guidelines, while turning a blind eye to plans, since canceled, for his Commerce Secretary-designate, Ronald H. Brown, to be feted by corporate lobbyists paying $10,000 a table.

'Some may see little talent here with much ballyhooing, while others will find a unique genius quality in the unpolished delivery of songs as "Skinheads In My Yard", "Rubbin' One Out For My Baby" and "Love @ Defcon 5".