Word: rumorings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rumor was slow in getting about. People would not believe it at first; impossible, they said, a man with his physique. . . . Then he went to Saranac and it could not be doubted. Gas had damaged the tissue of his lungs. He had tuberculosis...
Nevertheless, official notice was given to the theory because, in China as elsewhere, the rumor of today may be the fact of tomorrow...
...going to become an artist? Indefinite, but the rumor was false that she had designed the Wills' new house; her artist-mother had done that. Would she study in the U. S. after graduation? Take a master's degree? Indefinite. Become an architect? Indefinite. Marry? No. More tennis? Yes. If a conflict between art and tennis? [Unlikely eventuality, but] "I should drop my tennis and stick to art." Domestic accomplishments? They goaded her to this: "My studies really don't leave me enough time to do washing, ironing or wash dishes at home. . . I have never cooked...
...going to become an artist? Indefinite, but the rumor was false that she had designed the Wills' new house; her artist-mother had done that. Would she study in the U. S. after graduation? Take a master's degree? Indefinite. Become an architect? Indefinite. Marry? No. More tennis? Yes. If a conflict between art and tennis? [Unlikely eventuality, but] "I should drop my tennis and stick to art." Domestic accomplishments? They goaded her to this: "My studies really don't leave me enough time to do washing, ironing or wash dishes at home. . . I have never cooked...
...Post over the mountain one morning, Benoni Hartvigsen chanced to join Rosa Barfod, the parson's daughter. It chanced to rain. They were by a cave. Taking shelter, they just talked. But a vagabond Lapp chanced to be passing as the rain let up, and he spread a rumor. Benoni denied stoutly, until the notoriety brought him more pleasure than harm. Then he half-admitted, hinted, boasted...