Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yale's modern day equivalent to what the Hasty Pudding Club was like way back when. You won't be able to eat here because this place is for members only. They didn't get into your university, so you're not goinf to get into their restaurant. Rumor has it they keep this place closed to the public to hide some aggressively mediocre cuisine...
...Administration's victory on the sale of AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary of State once again felt the chill of sharks in the White House out to get him. Though only their dorsal fins were visible, it was generally assumed that lurking beneath the surface of rumor and innuendo was Haig's natural adversary, National Security Adviser Richard Allen. The two have had their differences in the past, but a new and uncommonly vicious outbreak of backbiting last week showed just how debilitating such a feud can be, to the participants and to the consistency...
...matter of fact, Haig called me to say that he knows it's not me," said Allen. Chief of Staff James Baker, one of Haig's prime suspects, similarly denied being the culprit. Said Baker: "Someone led him to believe that I was the source of the rumor that he would be fired. We cleared that up." So who is it? "I don't know," said Allen; "my solution is polygraphs at 30 paces. Wait! I'm only kidding...
...outside of Storrs, Conn. The tourney festivities kicked off on Friday afternoon with a women's soccer "social," which featured fruit punch for all the participating teams at the Alumni Center. The Crimson left early and went to Rosale's for a "rustic" dinner in front of a fire. Rumor has it that the team's waitress is still telling the story about the party of 24 that asked for separate checks...
...serious side squirmed and printed a lame editorial claiming the right to publish a rumor that it found "utterly impossible to believe." Many readers assumed that lawyers had cobbled together this apologetic phrase, hoping to mitigate libel damages. Not so, says Publisher Donald Graham, 36. The responsibility was his. Defending the editorial soon became more awkward than defending the gossip item. It infuriated the paper's national desk. As for Bradlee, he disclaimed any part in the editorial and seemed to be reliving the days of Deep Throat; he had been "eyeball to eyeball" with the gossip columnist...