Word: rumored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, many students are misinformed not just about psychology in general, but about psychology at Harvard. Longstanding student rumor has it that undergraduates with mental health problems are placed in "psycho singles," but Catlin said that Mental Health Services does not involve itself in housing issues...
...about a campaign caper that threatens to involve officials in the outgoing Bush White House. Chief of staff James Baker and his aides insist they didn't. But their statements contain troubling omissions and inconsistencies. Other evidence suggests that top Bush aides were desperate to confirm -- and publicize -- a rumor (false as it turned out) that the youthful Clinton had taken steps to renounce his American citizenship to avoid the draft...
...said he believes that the rumor was spreadby people wishing to hurt his election chances...
Some of Fine's student supporters agreed thatthe rumor of cheating hurt the candidate'scampaign...
Gossips thrive on a kind of conspiracy theory that has Charles and Diana each surrounded by cadres of supporters who leak material damaging to the other. In the case of Charles, even palace professionals and police have been < rumored to be fueling the family feud. In Diana's, it is friends like Gilbey and her brother Charles, the new Earl Spencer. If true, she may not be getting very good advice. Last year Spencer decided to head off a rumor about an affair that continued after his marriage by announcing himself that it was true. Perhaps not the sagest fellow...