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Word: rumor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mack Truck was handed to General Motors by one rumor. By another, Mack Truck and White Truck would join. Another sold Mack Truck to Studebaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Chrysler- ( Dodge) -Dillon | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...apparent Senate blockade of its 16-ship building program. Theodore Douglas Robinson, convivial Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was sent "up the hill" to remind forgetful Senators that 16 ships were little enough; the Navy had asked originally for 71 ships. Grizzled sea-dogs were infuriated by a rumor, doubtless emanating from wickedly pacifist Congressmen, that President Coolidge himself had sanctioned sidetracking the ships to relieve the already strained Budget. . . . Whether or not the Navy's topmost chiefs, Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Hughes, believed this gossip, they smiled pleasantly enough at a ceremony outside the White House, when President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Signed & Consigned | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

Yolpone-MIDDLE AGE BROKER, ALLEGED SICK, DISAPPEARS AT OOM CULT RUMOR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Headliners in Manhattan | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

Currently with the annual meeting G.E. stock continued strong and a great rumor circulated: that the company would undertake the complete electrification of the New York Central Railroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: G. E. | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

Four years ago, there was a rumor in Washington to the effect that Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, 42, was about to have a baby. Experienced newshawks didn't quite know what to do with the story, even if they could verify it which they couldn't quite think how to. Several days later a cub on the United Press picked up the rumor from his superiors, and, without thinking much about it, telephoned Mrs. Longworth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Blessed Event | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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