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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Psst! Wait Till You Hear This | 3/16/1987 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schools Blast 'Best Colleges' Survey | 3/10/1987 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heads in the Sand | 12/10/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: What If Oswald Had Stood Trial? | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...said Rehnquist was the victim of "harassment and hearsay that would never be admitted in any court in the world and would never be used against the most wretched felon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Committee Recommends Justices | 8/15/1986 | See Source »

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