Word: rumor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...truth, even to the public and journalists. He founded the Little Entente soon after the War; in 1933 he was able to forge this political constellation of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Rumania into the most tightly interlocked alliance in Europe. Last week he skipped out in front of Dame Rumor with an intimation via Paris' famed Pertinax (Andre Geraud) that today the Little Entente is almost on the rocks. This is not only true but appalling to Europeans who have faith in Democracy and to others with a passion to see Communism come. Driving through Belgrade last week, Smartest Little...
...small part in the stockmarket break was played by the week's premier rumor -that the Treasury was about to cut the price of gold, now $35 per oz. One of the oddities of the New Deal's monetary legislation is that only the President has power to change the official gold content of the Roosevelt dollar, and then within fixed limits (50% to 60% of the Hoover dollar). Its present value is about 59#162; , so that its theoretical value could be revised in only one direction-down, which would indicate higher gold prices, not lower...
...learning the game than for telling the rest of the world all about what they had learned. Three years ago, Warner Brothers released a one-reel short called Good Badminton. Last year the firm of Fanchon & Marco hired Jess Willard to play exhibition matches in movie houses. Current rumor is that Walt Disney will produce a badminton cartoon in which Mickey Mouse will oppose Donald Duck. In Hollywood, badminton is not only handy as a sport and reducing exercise but also as an excuse for new poses by actresses like Sonja Henie, Glenda Farrell, Joan Crawford, Anita Louise, Simone Simon...
...Rumor has it that House support will be enlisted toward the end of the week with the petition posted in the dining rooms...
University officials refused either to deny or confirm the rumor of Pound's appointment...