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...said he believes that the rumor was spreadby people wishing to hurt his election chances...
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...
Nonetheless, the rumor mill is grinding at Yale, with many students mentioningthe possibility of Bush's return...
...offer that would have allowed him to save face by resigning for health reasons. Instead, he laid the cause of his departure at the feet of the directors, thereby calling attention to the board's handling of the coup they seemed to be planning. Declaring that "the effects of rumor and speculation" had crippled his chairmanship, Stempel stepped down on Oct. 26 from the helm of the world's largest company...
...rumor and anxiety racked the company last week, GM resembled a nation in search of a leader. "People are waiting for someone to step up and announce they are in control," said a senior executive of a major supplier. The betting was that Smale and Smith would divvy up Stempel's job, with Smale becoming chairman and Smith assuming the post of chief executive officer. Smith has been virtually running the company since April, when the directors installed him as president and told him to speed up the pace of corporate restructuring...