Word: rumoring
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...Rumor that De Gaulle was under the knife sped through Paris and the world the next morning. The staff at the Elysee Palace, De Gaulle's official residence, refused for hours either to confirm or deny the story; they may not have known the truth themselves, for the chef prepared the presidential lunch as usual. Stock prices tumbled, then recovered, on the Paris Bourse...
...Arthur D. Little spokesman said that NASA has not indicated an interest in the swamp tract, which adjoins the company's plant. He blamed "some wishful citizens in West Cambridge" for the "unfounded rumor" that NASA was considering the site...
Some 2,000 bargain hunters from the Rothschilds down to some of Beistegui's ex-gondoliers thronged to the auction. Rumor had it that John Paul Getty was there in disguise. A set of four candlesticks went for $25,000; an 18th century Virgin attributed to Nazari went for $900. The total realized by Don Carlos for his Venetian trifle was $1,968,000. As one bargain-seeker put it: "With this auction, another colorful chapter of Venetian history has been closed. It started with a party-and now the party's over...
...Gabon's 6,000 Frenchmen that meant only one thing: the U.S. had been behind the abortive coup in hopes of discountenancing le grand Charles. This pied-noir illogic reached all the way to Paris' Quai d'Orsay, where foreign-office officials helped spread the rumor. Last week the anti-American feeling coalesced into violence. A Simca-load of colons cruised past the U.S. embassy in Libreville, peppered the building with shotgun fire. An hour later a bomb exploded in the garden...
Some of my teeth were loosened, and my ears are still ringing. My pride and my head were sore for days, but at least I was able to stay out of the infirmary (rumor has it to be worse than the jail itself...