The "Odi et amo" of the main theme, in fact, is only an exaggerated instance of the quality which runs through the whole book, which may be best described as contrary, in the sense the word has when it rhymes with Mary.
Even the dire warnings to smokers by the medical profession are in some instances exaggerated (and this is not to recommend that anyone take up the smoking habit).
For example, when analyzing studies attempting to determine whether stress leads to relapse to alcoholism (see the article by Thomas and colleagues in this edition, pp. 459 467), readers will observe that sometimes blunted hormonal responses are associated with increased relapse risk; whereas, in other instances, exaggerated hormonal responses predict the return to drinking.
Studies suggest that such fears are exaggerated; that, for instance, Facebook users do have access to contrary views.
There are exceptions to this exaggerated rule — for instance, if a book has a significant provenance, is a historical rarity, or remains in exceptionally pristine condition — but not many.
So do instances of exaggerated headlines notch progress backward or forward?
Frank Stenton describes the hidage figures given for the Heptarchy kingdoms as exaggerated and in the instances of Mercia and Wessex, "entirely at variance with other information".
More college teams are turning to exaggerated defensive shifts, for instance.
One set is important (to America) but exaggerated or manageable: for instance, it can deal with the split over Iraq by a new resolution.
It gets some details a little wrong — it conflated Nicole Brown Simpson's funeral with the viewing of her body in the first episode, for instance, and exaggerated to the point of caricature the eccentricities of a couple of significant players.
