Word: rumoring
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...defenses. They had failed to win the Big Game so often in the past that some of their own fans labeled them "choke artists." Worse yet, the team was reported to be riven by dissent. The surly silence of Running Back Duane Thomas, in fact, gave rise to the rumor that the moody black Cowboys' star would not even bother to suit up for the game...
Racial violence is often set off by the most superficial of trip wires: an isolated arrest, a rumor of police brutality, the temperature climbing above 100°. But rarely has a racial conflict seemed quite so random and inexplicable as the sudden savagery last week in Baton Rouge, where blacks clashed with police in a battle that left two policemen and two blacks dead and another 31 people injured...
...hard-digging detective, while at the same time a fair judge of evidence, in his handling of the persistent story that Stalin worked as a double agent for the Czarist secret police before the revolution. Much as Medvedev detests the dictator and therefore may have wanted to believe this rumor himself, he reviews the case in nine tightly argued pages, finds it inconclusive and acquits Stalin of the charge...
There's a rumor going around that you will probably not show up for this weekend's game. Would not blame you in the least if you did not, as you will probably get the worst beating you have had this year. You can probably pick up some good pointers on how to play football and we will show you the meaning of DESIRE and DETERMINATION. We have the desire to whomp you, and we are determined to do it Saturday. You lucked out on us last year and we are going to make certain that it doesn't happen...
...rumor spoken of in this postcard--found in Tuesday's mail by coach Joe Restic's secretary--is, of course, false. The Crimson will show up in New Haven this afternoon to do battle with the Elis...