Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...textbook, saying it would disrupt classes. In South Carolina and Tennessee, high schools canceled Indigo Girls, top, concerts because of offensive lyrics. And in Alabama, a minister banned the singing of Stevie Nicks' Landslide at a baccalaureate service, saying she is a witch and Satan worshipper (an old rumor that Fleetwood Mac's lead singer denies...
...crowned heads, nobility and intelligentsia of Europe. Picasso's audience--meaning people who had heard of him and seen his work, at least in reproduction--was in the tens, possibly hundreds, of millions. He and his work were the subjects of unending analysis, gossip, dislike, adoration and rumor...
...course, being a campus celebrity had its consequences. As the year progressed, Huang says she found herself the center of gossip and the butt of jokes. A false rumor circulated that she was dating one of her teaching fellows, she was parodied in the play "The Real Class of '98," and a profile in Fifteen Minutes, the weekly magazine of The Crimson, portrayed Huang as a flirt and an airhead. She even received hate e-mail from people she didn't know...
...level officials from the two institutions have secretly discussed the redefinition of the 119-year-old college, though Radcliffe officials only publicly report that they are engaged in a "comprehensive strategic planning process." The changes would reportedly remove Radcliffe's "college" title. These secret meetings have provoked unnecessary rumor and confusion; the continuing discussions should be open and inclusive of both alumni/ae and students...
...years, he gave an impressive number of unforgettable performances. On the Town had good sport casting the kid who used to jump the Hoboken ferry to sneak into Manhattan. From Here to Eternity, which won him an Oscar, put his stalled career back into overdrive and led, through rumor and myth, to a memorable subplot in The Godfather...