Word: rumores
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...chanting their sutras. they waited. As night fell, the celibates retired to sleep-all but Sentry Kim Chi Yo, who took up his post at the temple's weathered wooden gates. There was a delegation of married monks in town to protest the government's decree, and rumor had it that the married monks might be looking for trouble...
...seems almost unfair to Kick Lamont, especially after it has been down for so long. Hours have finally been extended, and the air conditioned palace is open on Sunday for those who labor. There is a rumor, of course, that the circulation system has been flipping the same air, like a stale pancake, from level to level for six years. It is also hinted that the blinking and gurgling neon lights are designed to keep people awake. If so, success is not entirely apparent, for some drowsy lads always sleep through the 2:15 grind, only to get the Administration...
...rise in General Dynamics stock is due to many factors, including the romance of atomic energy (the world's second atomic submarine, General Dynamics' Sea Wolf, is under construction by the company), the prospect of big, new orders for Convair's intercontinental ballistic missile, Atlas, and rumors of new mergers in the works. The most recent rumor, that General Dynamics would merge with destroyer-building Bath Iron Works, was denied by both companies. But Wall Streeters are sure that more, and bigger, mergers are on the way, since Hopkins is always looking for likely prospects...
...Robertson and Radford flew toward the Orient, speculation about their mission ran off on a wrong trail. Press wires around the world clacked out the rumor that Radford and Robertson, two old friends of Chiang Kaishek, had been assigned to give him the bad news that the U.S. would not help him defend the Matsus and Quemoy, and to urge that he get his troops off those islands. They had no such orders and no such intentions. But since Formosa did not know why they were coming, or even how long they planned to stay, the worldwide speculation bred bafflement...
...that Avery had got the proxies of investment trusts and other large stockholders on his promise to step down from the company's chairmanship after he wins the fight, and turn Ward's over to new, outside management. But Avery's closest backers denied the buzzing rumor. Said one: "Personally, I don't think he's ever going to resign." As the showdown at Ward's annual meeting neared this week, Wolfson, who two months ago had been singing victory hymns, changed to a more modest tune. Instead of predicting a majority...