Word: hearsay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...runs a 24-hour hotline dedicated to collecting examples of tattle while they are still fresh. "It's very important to hear about them the instant they start," he says. "A rumor is like a fire. You have to be on the spot. Otherwise you find yourself working on hearsay about hearsay...
...Hearsay can bring psychic benefits to speaker and listener alike. A case in point is the false teacup story about President Nixon, which Kapferer says was spread by the official Chinese press. Instead of challenging the President, so the story goes, authorities arranged to have a performing magician pull the cup out of Nixon's briefcase and replace it with a cheap imitation. Kapferer thinks this rumor offered folk wisdom on how to deal with foreigners. "It showed the essential traits of the image the Chinese have of themselves," he explains, "the final victory of the resourceful Chinese over...
Middlebury College President Olin C. Robison has taken the initiative against the study. In a letter to David Gergen, U.S. News and World Report editor-in-chief, Robison charged that the study is biased because the magazine surveyed only presidents whose opinions were only hearsay...
...University has suggested, that the committee will make such decisions according to an evolving body of common law is to say that it will function like the CRR. The new body must guarantee an opportunity for cross-examination, and not make judgements on the basis of hearsay evidence...
...Because it is not a real trial, witnesses could not be subpoenaed (Marina Oswald was among the few who refused to appear). The lawyers agreed to adhere to a time limit on questioning, and the number of witnesses was streamlined. Complained Spence after the taping: "All kinds of inadmissible hearsay got into evidence, necessitated by the fact that this was a three-day trial instead of a three-month trial...