Word: rumoring
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Between their pushups and Power Bars, Matt and Luke, two high school wrestling buddies training for a big match, don't need any distractions. But they've got one: a rumor going around school that they are gay. The kids spreading it have plenty of their own issues to deal with, like the girl trying to live down her reputation as the school slut, and the clique-leading prom queen whose boyfriend is cheating on her. It sounds like the stuff of a TV after-school special, except for two things. They don't have after-school specials anymore...
It’s Friday night, and my friends and I are drunkenly speedwalking toward a campus party. Rumor has it there’s a little shindig in Quincy—or is it the Mather lowrise? The Belltower perhaps? Either way, we hope that we’ve pre-gamed a sufficient amount to fathom what awaits...
...runs the website? How often is it updated? How well is it vetted? The websites sponsored by the National Institutes of Health are generally excellent, as are many sites produced by universities and hospitals. Patient organizations can be wonderful sources of support, but they can be repositories of rumor and misinformation...
...President has repeatedly said he favors an all- volunteer military, as does John Kerry. But that hasn't dissuaded a loose-knit coterie of online conspiracists, antiwar activists and Democratic Party operatives from keeping the draft rumor alive...
...then the rumor had plodded from chat rooms to the mainstream, especially on college campuses. This fall the University of Minnesota's Daily ran an editorial concluding that "re-electing Bush might very well lead to a draft." The National Annenberg Election Survey released last week found that 51% of 18-to-29-year-olds believe that the President wants a draft, in contrast to just 8% who think Kerry does. Kerry surrogates Howard Dean, Max Cleland and Michael Moore have all stoked draft fears. Democratic Iowa Senator Tom Harkin told the Des Moines Register this month that the White...