Word: rumoring
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Every so often, sniper fire from the neighboring Shi'ite Muslim slums would ring out, sending the searchers scurrying for shelter. Then, two days after the blast, came terrifying news. A rumor spread that three vehicles reportedly laden with high explosives were cruising the neighborhood. The Marines were immediately placed on "Condition One," the highest state of alert. Huge amphibious personnel carriers blocked off the roads leading to the base, while the highway curving past the airport was barricaded with boulders of concrete. Several hours later, without explanation, the alert was downgraded...
...primary, Rizzo came around and endorsed Goode. Last week Egan suggested that Goode had "cut a deal" with Rizzo, allegedly promising a high-level post at Philadelphia's gas company in exchange for Rizzo's endorsement. Egan later lamely admitted his sole source was a rumor he had heard "on the street...
...been causing other computer makers to tremble. Two weeks ago, Atari disclosed that it was delaying plans to market two advanced home computers. Many analysts attributed that postponement to fear of the PCjr. So intense have expectations grown in the face of IBM's silence that the mere rumor of an announcement can shake a competitor's stock. As recently as Sept. 28, the shares of four computer makers lost $340 million in combined total value after two Wall Street analysts predicted that the PCjr would arrive this fall...
...quickly apparent that banning reporters-and later giving them only a few quick guided tours-hurt the Administration itself. Whenever the press is excluded, speculation and rumor take over. Several days after the invasion there was still determined resistance here and there, but no one knew how much, how serious or by whom. The result was vague and nagging alarm, a suspicion that the world's largest military power had trouble subduing a flyspeck island. However that impression might be dispelled later, some of the damage will linger. More important, the Administration's case for the invasion rests...
...Every day, public bulletin boards are plastered with new execution notices, while grim truckloads of prisoners are driven back and forth to draw attention to the severity of their sentences. The campaign is said to have been directly inspired by the need to protect Deng, physically and politically. A rumor has it that an attack upon Deng's motorcade occurred in August near the seaside resort of Beidaihe. Though he was not harmed, the incident apparently prompted the crackdown...