Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fourth thing this convention confirmed was the euphemistic meaning of the word "involvement." Put simply, everyone was on the make. "Let's compare notes" was a favorite phrase among journalists. Rumor--the highest form of convention participation--had it that Detroit loved more than a good party. But those gathered in the city for the convention conducted their affairs with a modicum of judiciousness; they made sure that, given the convention's short life, they didn't get too deeply "involved...
...Predictions were limited to dates before November 4. "Any hostage release after then was deemed useless," Born continued, dispelling the rumor that Jordan planned to keep his winnings to himself. "There's no question that Ham will split the pot with Richard Queen. After all, Queen did the time for this caper...
...only letter signed with a real name comes from W.K. Coors, of Golden, Colo.--"Word has reached me that an unfounded rumor that the Adolph Coors Company, or members of the Coors family, have contributed money or support to national gun control legislation continues to be spread. I wish to inform everyone that neither myself nor my company has made any contribution of this kind. It is unfortunate that unknown persons seeking to malign our company and injure our reputation have taken this dishonorable way of turning thousands of good friends against us.," The editor replies...
...toting scripts to market in Gucci attaché cases, even as their East Side grandfathers had once carried sewing machines on their shoulders. They strutted into the Polo Lounge or La Scala or Dominic's, bound in safari suits, blissfully playing the room, death just another sour-grapes rumor out of the East, bad word of mouth, something that used to figure in grainy European-made films, which everybody knew were bum grossers...
Newark, July 1967. Violence exploded when blacks heard and believed a false rumor that the police had killed a black taxi driver. As the rioting spread, exaggerated reports of black snipers prompted the intervention of the National Guard. In six days of rioting, 26 were killed, 1,500 injured, and damage reached $30 million...