Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know," said he, "I have not yet been officially informed of all this from Austria, but I dare say the rumor may have some foundation...
Your issue of the third of October contained the rumor that the so called Harvard Socialist Club or members of that organization intend to stage an Anti War, Anti Army, Anti West Point demonstration. For obvious reasons such a demonstration at such a time would be in extreme bad taste. In some measure the University acts as host to West Point, the action of these socialists, however much publicity it might gain them, would add little to Harvard's reputation for sportsmanship...
News about the new gymnasium includes the rumor, emanating from several sources, that there is a real possibility of the A. A. U.'s awarding the national swimming championships to Harvard. The Nationals come sometime in March, and at the present time, it is expected that the new pool will be completed in February. Of course, the meet would rest on the contingency that the pool be ready for use in good time, and it is possible that uncertainty on this score would prejudice Harvard's chances to obtain the meet. It is certain that the event would prove...
...rumor that American shipbuilding interests had maintained at Geneva during the Naval Disarmament Conference of the previous summer a propagandist in the person of one William B. Shearer...
Rear Admiral Hilary Pollard Jones, U. S. N. retired. U. S. naval expert at Geneva, accused of having close connections with Shearer, declared that he had never spoken to Shearer, had seen him only once. President Hoover himself denied the rumor of any such connection...