Word: rumoring
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...student employee in the audio-visual department, though, says, "Confidentiality is not really an issue. Most interesting information that other students might not hear is heard within the department on a rumor level, not first hand...
...thing that has surprised me most about Harvard athletes is how genuinely intelligent they are. When I was in high school around here and the Harvard hockey team went to the national finals, a rumor went around that Harvard could compete nationally because all its hockey players got in with 850 SATs. After four years here, however, it seems to me that the athletic department and the admissions office have generally stuck a good balance. I've certainly met some dumb athletes here, but I've met almost as many dumb newspaper reporters...
...There's a rumor that [Harvard Coach Dave Fish] throws some scrappy-snacks into the corners of the court to perk Jon up," Jack says. "Jon has also been known to bark...
Every day there is a new rumor, another heartbeat-away boomlet. First it's Sam Nunn, then it's none of the above. Earthbound since 1984, John Glenn once again zooms into orbit. Republicans are beating the bushes in quest of the Vice President's Vice President. The roster of G.O.P. names in play is as long as George Bush's resume. Speculation over the Veepstakes has often enlivened the last weeks before dull conventions, but never before have the guessing games been pursued with this much avidity while most voters still have spring fever...
...their bankers. Joseph Ricci, a Falmouth, Me., racetrack operator, last year won a $10 million judgment against Maine's Key Bank, as well as a $5 million loan. Ricci established that the bank's officers had wrongfully terminated his $1 million credit line because they believed an erroneous rumor that he was associated with organized crime. Meanwhile, savings and loan customers are suing thrifts for such transgressions as mortgage-processing delays...