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...course, the name of former professor JosephS. Nye, now an Assistant Secretary of Defense, isalways in the rumor mill, although many said thisweek they doubt that he would accept the postafter being passed over several years ago whenCarnesale was chosen to replace Dillon Professorof International Affairs Robert D. Putnam...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Evidence Points to Ellwood As Pick | 4/19/1995 | See Source »

...real Gina Grant. Despite an occasional press release, the girl has stood apart from the storm, watching her self-proclaimed defenders on campus and in the media protest against the reticent Harvard administration. With both Grant and Harvard remaining mute, both sides are left to rely on rumor and second- hand sources to assess the case. And we find debaters eliciting the image of Gina Grant that most agrees with their gut prejudices about the American judicial system...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, | Title: Who Was That Girl, Anyway? | 4/19/1995 | See Source »

...last summer, rumor had spread among capital media lawyers that the FCC was about to resolve the dispute in a way that would allow Fox to continue operating unimpeded. In the meantime, however, Murdoch, a deal junkie who thrives on unsettling the competition, had launched a revolution in the landscape of television. And he had made an energetic enemy-nbc. "What this is all about is: Murdoch plays by Murdoch's rules," says a former FCC official, "and he just blew NBC's mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL MURDOCH BE OUTFOXED? | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...outset of the novel, Bennett is hired by Leominster College, ostensibly to teach physics but also to try to ferret out the insights of the genius physicist Scalopino, who has published nothing and yet, according to rumor, keeps scores of brilliant results in files full of near undecipherable notes...

Author: By Karen M. Olsson, | Title: MIT Professor's Benito Lacks Einstein's Grace | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...rumor mill began humming after Michael Jordan showed up for three straight practice sessions with his old team the Chicago Bulls. "I have decided to end my baseball career," Jordan said. All sorts of speculation were rife, and late Saturday word spread that Jordan would rejoin the Bulls for their March 24 game against the Orlando Magic and Shaquille O'Neal, the N.B.A.'s current megastar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: MARCH 5-11 | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

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