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...weekend, pro-Estrada crowds swelled to more than 50,000 people, and Manila's caffeinated rumor mill started reporting that payoffs were being offered to military personnel to support "Erap," as Estrada is known, over Arroyo. (Estrada still maintains that he is President, and that People Power II was an illegal rebellion.) "The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police are squarely behind the government and prepared to meet any challenge to the constitution," Arroyo reassured the people. Still, both bodies remain on full alert, and as of the weekend, Estrada was set to be transferred...
...While Summers spoke in the room upstairs, reporters downstairs scoured the hotel for a glimpse of any candidate, and the rumor mill was enchanted with a man named Lee C. Bollinger...
Person of the Week HOT AIRNESS Everyone's got a Michael Jordan un-retiring rumor?Sports Illustrated, Washington Wizards' owner Abe Pollin, even golf buddy Mario Lemieux?and he's been playing some pickup ball. But why would M.J. diminish his legend just so the Wizards can lose by fewer points...
...Theirs are not the only two names in the rumor mill. Lee C. Bollinger’s name made headlines during the Harvard search. Media speculation suggests that the president of the University of Michigan may once again dominate the news as Princeton draws closer to finding Princeton President Harold T. Shapiro’s successor...
Last week Bush said no decision has been made on the Aegis. The rumor mongers have him leaning in favor of the deal, and he essentially told Qian the U.S. has the right to sell Taiwan any arms it likes. At the same time, he sought to reassure Qian: "I am going to look you in the eye and tell you that we can have good relations with China. Nothing we do is a threat to you, and I want you to tell that to your leadership." Bush said he was conveying an approach that would be "firm" but "respectful...