Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...narrowed down the list of final inside candidates for dean, and Law School sources said yesterday that Frank I. Michelman and Richard B. Stewart are favored for the post. "The rumor inside the Law School is that Michelman and Stewart are the leading candidates, but I myself don't have the foggiest idea who Bok will select," Kennedy said...
...Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Reagan was relaxed, poking light-hearted fun at himself and wisely refraining from any cracks with a partisan bite, as required by the ground rules of the dinner. Quipped the Governor during an eight-minute speech: "There is no foundation to the rumor that I am the only one here who was at the original Al Smith dinner." (This year's is the 35th annual affair.) By contrast, Carter turned preachy in a 14-minute oration that included an attack on Christian fundamentalists who contend that God does not hear the prayers of Jews...
...those of you who were left breathless with suspense after Saturday's missing persons report on the harriers--after a less than sumptuous post-race meal from host Princeton the voracious squad forced their bus driver off the road at every HoJos along the way. And rumor has it that some are still back there waiting for the Wednesday all-you-can-eat-specials...
...rumor in Stockholm a year ago was that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine would go to a trio of scientists for basic research in how the body defends itself against external agents and maintains its internal wellbeing. The prediction proved wrong-but only by twelve months. Last week Sweden's Karolinska Institute announced that the 1980 award, worth $212,000, will be shared by three pioneering immunologists: Jean Dausset of France and two Americans, George Snell and Baruj Benacerraf...
...Nobody ever wants to be reminded that he has engaged in gossip. When the object of that gossip steps forward to remind the rumormonger of such a thing, that person becomes an enemy. As long as rumor remains fuzzy, it can be almost wistful. But when confronted openly, the rumormonger suddenly feels that he must truly believe what he has merely been fantasizing. Zealot is pitted against zealot. Carnage ensues...