Word: leak
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Delhi Daubar, which opened in mid-December, is located at the same site that housed India Gate, which shut down in November after a carbon monoxide leak forced an evacuation of the restaurant. Eleven would-be diners had to seek medical treatment after inhaling...
...himself would name not only Cabinet officers but also their aides and the aides of their aides. Like Bush four years ago, Clinton has moved quickly to distinguish himself from a passive predecessor -- but he has harnessed his whirlwind to a clearer purpose. He has even let it leak that he might tap Bush's wiser aides for occasional advice, shrewdly keeping their criticism of him in check...
Gossips thrive on a kind of conspiracy theory that has Charles and Diana each surrounded by cadres of supporters who leak material damaging to the other. In the case of Charles, even palace professionals and police have been < rumored to be fueling the family feud. In Diana's, it is friends like Gilbey and her brother Charles, the new Earl Spencer. If true, she may not be getting very good advice. Last year Spencer decided to head off a rumor about an affair that continued after his marriage by announcing himself that it was true. Perhaps not the sagest fellow...
...apocalyptic humor, as it happened, was also prophetic. Around midnight, a slow leak into the newsroom developed into a steady stream of water. It came from the bathroom upstairs. A long line had formed outside said bathroom, and I waited for the occupant to emerge...
...reality, no such U.S. policies existed; the leak was a complete and utter lie concocted by the National Security Advisor and his staff in order to intimidate Khadafi and destabilize his regime. An August 12, 1986 memorandum to the President had outlined a strategy of combining "real and imaginary events through a disinformation program--with the basic goal of making Khadafi think...that the U.S. is about to move against him militarily." How is this common knowledge? The secret memo was leaked, obviously to someone's advantage...