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...first-year said she heard that Summers “took off his tie and started swinging it above his head like a helicopter”—a rumor of dubious origin since Summers wasn’t even wearing...
...Rumor Analysis...
...with, say, Pyongyang. Excluding five-star hotels and private clubs, there are only five bars and three nightclubs in a city of almost 14 million people. And yet, tired of tales from glittering Bollywood parties or raging Bangalore pub life, New Delhi's society writers are now peddling the rumor that theirs is fast becoming a happening capital. So is it? Simply, no. The bitter truth is that the only place ever to have known a paparazzi stakeout is T.G.I. Friday's. But whereas five years ago New Delhi was dead, now, on the right night, it is possible...
Sept. 11 has most of all changed our feelings about disaster. We have a national security warning system now, a sort of mute, color-coded air raid siren, to further undermine our sense of security. And this formal ordering of fear has been supplemented by slippery rumors of attacks. My family goes to New York City for Thanksgiving every year, but this year—because my aunt knows someone who knows someone who heard that someone was planning an attack on shopping centers—we won’t be going to the post-Thanksgiving sales...
Like any interesting rumor bite, this account is only halfway true. Lowell House’s present dining hall design, complete with chandeliers, was indeed intended for Eliot House, while the dark-paneled wood design of Eliot dining hall was meant for Lowell. Once someone figured out that Eliot’s south-facing dining area got good natural light, the design plans were switched, and Eliot’s chandeliers went to Lowell. But was it the natural light in Eliot that made the difference, or the heavy hand of then-University President A. Lawrence Lowell, Class...