Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Firmly denying the rapidly-spreading rumor that this year's Naval Science cruise had been cancelled, Lt.-Commander Leslie K. Pollard, U. S. Navy, assistant professor of Naval Science and Tactics, emphasized the fact that no changes in the Department's plans have yet been made...
...rumor arose in the University recently when the Naval Science Department advised its Freshmen and Sophomores to accept jobs for this coming summer...
Outspeeding journalistic rumor and far faster than truth, but not so fast as to outpace the bitterness and gloom which fanned out over the whole tired earth, Adolf Hitler's legions advanced last week on all fronts. They crushed Yugoslavia (see p. 29). They rushed upon the Greeks and British in Macedonia. They regained all of Cyrenaica in Libya (see p. 32}. On the high seas they continued to sink British supply ships at a rate which the British officially admitted now bordered upon 400,000 tons a month-a rate at which the British Isles could hold...
...newsman who has worked there in recent years. Moreover, his account of how Germany conquered Italy was supported in many details by another able correspondent, Saville R. Davis, whose series of articles appeared simultaneously in the Christian Science Monitor. Between them they lifted a smoke screen of speculation and rumor behind which the truth about Italy has been partly hidden for the past four months...
...facts emerge from the fog of rumor surrounding the now-notorious episode of the lacrosse team at Annapolis, three things appear definite. First, it is self-evident that the Naval Academy was primarily at fault for its discrimination against colored athletes, a symptom of its prejudiced attitude toward the Negro race in all matters. Second, Athletic Director Bill Bingham was guilty of hasty judgment in acceding to Admiral Willson's demands. Third and most important, there must be some measure taken so that a similar incident can not happen at Harvard again...