Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rumor was that Henry Ford II, undisputed boss of the Ford empire, had offered the C.I.O.'s United Automobile Workers a wage increase of 23%. This was just 7% below U.A.W.'s demand...
...biggest labor news of the week was a rumor...
There were preliminary rumblings that a Ruml plan for Macy's was already in the works. Those who have watched Macy's recent expansion (TIME, July 16) had a new rumor to buzz about. The rumor: Macy's is dickering to buy Chicago's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Said Ruml waggishly: "We've been denying that report for two years. But you can look awfully silly if you print a denial and then two weeks later the contrary is announced...
...Navy is still trying to discover the author of "Sea Breeze," and rumor has it that one of the men suspected of writing the column has been restricted purely on the grounds that he is considered as a likely author of the barb in the Navy's side
...watch a railroad yard, a traffic bottleneck or an industrial process, reporting what it sees to a distant screen. Since it is non-human and expendable, it can be stationed in dangerous places (e.g., near an atomic explosion). Properly set up, it can see without being seen. According to rumor, the FBI has already put in an order for a round dozen...