Word: rumoredly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Goon Squads. There was an amoeboid explosion of rumor after 13 Ugandan military officers and civil servants sought asylum in Kenya, claiming that their lives were threatened by Amin's security forces. Soon reports had "hundreds" of innocent Ugandan refugees fleeing the murderous wrath of Big Daddy's goon squads-a not uncommon occurrence in Uganda. Nairobi's Daily-Nation reported that Amin was being treated for his wounds in "a friendly country, probably Libya...
...Pine Manor--a women's school tucked away in surburban Brookline next to a country club--that held promise. Rumor had it that Harvard men were special there. The alleged magic of the school name might work. As Walter put it to himself in more rational terms, the probable benefits in companionship, when weighed against the necessary exertion to try for them, seemed to make the trip worth the gamble. He planned to make an expedition...
...shoot the first person who nominates it (note IT, not HIM) for athlete of the Year. Anymore glorification of horses and we'll be eating human rather than horse meat at our friendly fast-food dispensers. By the way, don't bet on Seattle Slew in the Belmont Stakes. Rumor has it that the odds are going to be so low that if Slew wins, the bettor pays the track...
...goes 15 rounds, there are 32. So what was Cosell complaining about?...Be sure to catch that new film biography of the Champ, which will be opening at your local theaters later this month. Come to think of it, that pitch was the only thing Ali threw all night....Rumor has it that Don King may be arranging a return bout between Ali and Rocky Marciano, whose WBA rating unexpectedly skyrocketed to the number 11 position (right behind Evangelista) last week. I tried calling Marciano, but to no avail. Keep your ears to the ground on this...
...past several months Columbia University, represented by its President, has been negotiating with Henry Kissinger '50 the possibility of his appointment to a chair in the Department of Political Science. Since the appointment has moved recently from the realm of secrecy and rumor to the relative daylight (the light of openness at Columbia is pretty dim), opposition in the university community has taken firm root and grown...