Word: rumoring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...persistent rumor had a modicum of truth, the ex-Duce in his present physical condition could only be a figurehead. London's Daily Mail described him last week as "a spent force, prematurely aged, a pathetic, humbled, fearful figure." A report, allegedly from the Italian underground, said he was suffering from an intense nervous breakdown, apparently aggravated by old stomach ulcers. His skin had turned grey, his facial muscles sagged and sometimes his nervous fits were so violent that he had to be treated with morphine...
...eventually took most of the class to dismiss the dog, and rumor has it that the Professor in question went directly home and shot his wife's pet poodle, but your correspondent wouldn't place much stock in that scuttlebutt . . . you know how these rumors grow...
Some of the more rebust members of the class (as evidenced by the recent fitness tests) are beginning to worry about their prowess. Rumor has it that the men who show by their fitness scores of a high degree of endurance and stamina will be seriously considered for C-B billets or destroyers where men have to be able to "take...
Since this seems to be a week devoted to rumor let's begin with the one about New England's far-famed Indian Summer. According to one expert, this is an annual September institution when days and nights alike become delightfully clear and cool. At the moment of writing, the expert has yet to be made an honest man of. That's the fate though of most rumor mongers. Then there's the one about the powers-that-be alloting a more equitable amount of time to the school's final term and having it last six months...
Premier Bogdan Filoff broadcast tersely to the people: "Our beloved King died after a brief illness." Rumor, unconfirmed but persistent, added varying details...