Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...observers even considered him to be a closet reformer. Word was spread around Moscow and Western capitals that he was really a secret liberal who read trashy American novels and listened to Chubby Checker albums. A rare Andropov interview published in the West German magazine Der Spiegel brought the rumor mill grinding to a halt. Andropov acknowledged that he had traditional tastes. He said that he did not play tennis but did enjoy Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata. But even these sparse revelations about his personal hie were not shared with the Soviet people...
Ending nine months of rumor and speculation, President Bok formally announced yesterday that on July 1 Chairman of the Economics Department A. Michael Spence will move into University Hall and take over as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Throughout the week, Reagan's fabled luck held. Wall Street, always easily spooked by phantoms, went into a sudden swoon just before the State of the Union speech; traders bid the Dow Jones industrial average down almost eleven points on a rumor that the President had decided not to run. That only underscored Reagan's popularity among investors. Soviet President Yuri Andropov, of all people, gave Reagan an indirect boost by issuing a generally conciliatory statement hinting at possible resumption of Washington-Moscow nuclear-arms-control negotiations. By Sunday night Reagan was ready for a party. He summoned 400 campaign...
...classes comes a third Watt demonstration, which finally provokes a reaction from President Bok. His first Open Letter in several months begins, "Unfortunate excrudescences of public opinion occasionally force the modification of publicity procedures, and so it is in this case. By reacting so strongly to a muddled rumor, Harvard's undergraduates have put themselves in danger of severe embarrassment; to avert further awkwardness. I feel duty-bound to release the true information that sparked the incorrect rumors...
...When the rumor of Baker's departure surfaced at an owners' meeting in Nashville, some political pros took it as a sign that Reagan might not seek a second term. Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, who heads the Reagan re-election effort, quickly reasserted that the President would declare his candidacy in late January, and stressed that Baker was "vital to the re-election effort. He's a hell of a lot more important than [Campaign Director] Ed Rollins or myself...