Word: hearsay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the Crimson and Bruins have never met, both teams have had to rely on hearsay and scouting reports in order to prepare for the impending confrontation...
Since the Pac-10 and the Ivy League have never had much of an athletic relationship, and since the schools are three thousands miles apart, both squads are relying on hearsay, rather than detailed scouting reports, to prepare for their NCAA quarterfinal showdown Sunday...
...Dole (R-Kansas) wrote his "Many Kansans" letter to Donald Alexander, then Commissioner of the IRS, Dole requested an audit of the Unification Church's finances, and questioned whether the Church was "based on a bona fide religion or mind-control techniques." Dole offered as evidence the claborately phrased hearsay, "Many Kansans have advised me that a major purpose of the organization is the accumulation of wealth and power and not the practice or furtherance of a religion...
...Radcliffe Union of students, and the Undergraduate Council have blown this event so far out of proportion that I cannot see how any Harvard-Radcliffe student or administrator could form an objective opinion. This letter, however, is intended for those of you who do not base your judgements on hearsay, rumor, or excessive exaggeration. If you want some information about the club, talk to one of its members (we don't bite, honest). If not, please refrain from drawing conclusions based on the extensively one-sided, anti-Pi Eta portrayed that you have witnessed in the Crimson this past week...
When a council member asked him to state his case he said that he would speak and answer questions only once. "If you start hissing and booing. I'm done--I won't talk to any more council members. Any information you get will have to be just hearsay," he said...