Word: rumoring
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...press in diplomatic relations. Said Acheson at a meeting of the Canadian Club in Ottawa: "We are blessed in this era with a form of diplomatic communication which is faster than instantaneous. I refer to the press, which . . . often precedes the event, and sometimes reliably. Indeed the press rumor or 'leak' has become an almost indispensable adjunct of modern-day diplomacy. Perhaps this is . . . Government austerity designed to reduce cable tolls. In any case, there is no diplomatic interchange . . . not preceded by, enlarged by . . . or nullified by . . . press rumors, speculations or leaks, propelled like those pneumatic tubes...
Brown University last week wrote the Dean's Office to "seek information" on the rumor that Harvard students stole six fraternity House flags the weekend of November...
...started when India and Pakistan, hostile ever since their split five years ago, decided that passports would be necessary for travel between the two countries. The rumor spread that the frontier would be permanently closed, leaving minorities on each side at the mercy of old enemies...
Even now, winter is creeping down the Himalayas and, with it, a rumor is snowballing from the north. A big Soviet party is said to be getting set for a try at Everest next spring by the easier northern-face route, through Tibet...
Wall Street and Hollywood gossiped that RKO's real gold mine lay in its huge library of old films, and that the new owners could clean up in a hurry by selling the library to TV stations. The mere rumor of such a deal was enough to get theater owners up in arms last week. But actually, such a move would make little economic sense to RKO at present. In addition to its old films, RKO has a backlog of upwards of $35 million worth of unreleased pictures. If exhibitors boycotted the new films, as they threaten...