Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Indian is past, but the inhabitants of America are still quarreling over matters about which they are often as ill-informed as was the ignorant aborigine a century and a half ago. Love of the old country, of race and traditional institutions, leads us to accept mere rumor as fact...
...Harvard Athletic Association yesterday confirmed the rumor that, the track meets with the Naval Academy and the University of Virginia would be abandoned. Plans for these meets, however, were only tentative...
Wednesday again saw team "A" go through a light signal drill, dummy scrimmage and punting practice. However, considering it unwise to try to give his men new plays at the last moment, Coach Fisher devoted his time exclusively to going over the old formations. But rumor has it that in the Princeton game last Saturday-something new and surprisingly effective in the way of blocking forward passes, something that Coach Fisher has reserved for the last two big games, will be used to stop the highly developed aerial game of the Tigers. After running through a dummy practice with team...
Jimmy Hussey's Revue "Tattle-Tales"--which had been playing at the Globe Theatre up to but recently, seems to have had a sudden termination. Rumor has it that the cause was mismanagement, and that it was necessary to resort to popular subscription among the members of the "Follies" to bring the company back to New York...
...horse. The man whose position in this respect appears the most advantageous of all is Judge Hughes. His name has not yet been placed before the delegates, but many more ballots must be taken before any of the present leaders can obtain the 492 votes necessary for nomination. A rumor at Chicago late last night had it that a caucus of leaders had selected Hughes as the man who would be brought up when it appeared definitely impossible to nominate either Wood or Lowden. Sproul was also mentioned as a possible choice...