Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flash flood of 1921, had been a subject of controversy ever since. One group of engineers had predicted that it would break under severe pressure, send a wall of water roaring through the city. [Now, as a lake backed up behind the 1 ,900-ft. concrete barrier, an inevitable rumor spread: "The darn is going to break...
...Rumor is that Lowells talk only to Cabots; they have also apparently talked freely to Ferris Greenslet, former Houghton Mifflin editor-in-chief, and granted him permission to quote from family letters and papers. The, result is a short history of ten Lowell generations, down to and including that of the stout, imperious maiden lady who admired Keats and smoked long Manila cigars...
...Some time ago we heard a story to the effect that some Armenians in Turkey were applying to a foreign Consulate to express a desire to emigrate from Turkey. This we looked upon [more] as a rumor than a probability. Nevertheless, we announced that if there were any who wished to go, the Government would accord them every facility. Many weeks went by, but there were no applicants for passports...
...worship has been fed by the General's dramatic aloofness. He lives behind a white concrete wall on a towering hilltop; his paneled office is seldom visited by a Japanese. When he steps out into his long black Cadillac, crowds gather to gaze at the man who, rumor says, is descended from Amaterasu, the sun-goddess...
...Memphis, Incorporated, has been generally well managed. But now, it seems, a situation has developed [on] which the stockholders . . . are not being informed. It has long been common knowledge that Mayor [Walter] Chandler desires to leave government. . . . The knowledge . . . has naturally led to a great deal of speculation and rumor. Such uncertainty permitted to go on too long will have a destructive effect on institutional morale. Those who have the power of appointment have long known of Mayor Chandler's intention. Under those circumstances it will be best for Memphis if the decision is announced...