Word: rumoring
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...feeling is that the issue of the hostages is moving toward a solution," said Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani last week. With those words, Rafsanjani stoked the rumor mill that has been working at full blast since late February, when the Tehran Times called for the unconditional release of the 18 Western hostages, eight of them Americans, held in Lebanon for as long as five years. The day after the editorial appeared, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the spiritual leader of Hizballah, a Lebanese group that holds some of the victims, added to the hopeful speculation by saying, "We have...
...less existential note: Rumor has it that The Crimson engages in politically partial terminology. Certain campus voices claim that we use the term "right-wing" for conservatives, and yet the term "left-wing" never appears in these pages. Is this true...
...result, Fitzgerald said, she would "mount" herself behind a piece of furniture on the set, so that Davis could not move her. But Fitzgerald said she soon "figured out the rumor was totally unfounded...
...exodus continues today, as the Molson Cup (use your imagination) is on the line when the team gets together for a full-contact, intra-squad contest. Young and Brian Popiel will be drafting teams, and rumor has it that coaches Bill Cleary and Ronn Tomassoni are among those available in the first round...
...likely to seek confirmation, though they will still rely on a hunch. Last fall Washington Times gossip writer Charlotte Hays heard that actress Kelly McGillis, who had signed for the season at the Shakespeare Theater at the Folger, was pregnant and would leave months early. "The accuracy of the rumor was obvious from the way the Folger reacted. They said, 'Oh dear, she'll have to talk to you.' " Even though McGillis didn't call back, Hays confidently went ahead, and the item was soon confirmed...