Word: rumorings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...news that five thousand Zulus danced themselves into a frenzy over the Prince of Wales will not surprise the American public, for headlines and rotogravures and little private tales have long since generalized the popular association of "dancing", "frenzy", and "prince". In spite of the rumor that the Prince's visit to America was just another publicity attempt of the Fox-Trot Association, the newspapers spread the reports of his fad for dancing through the world, with the result that his loyal subjects in South Africa decided that his visit could be fittingly celebrated only by examples of the closest...
...rumor ran a bit about Wall St., and then a great deal more rapidly about the press that Jesse L. Livermore, famed stock operator, had quit the market for good. It said that he, having made millions and lost them several times, was now at one of the peaks of his success (estimated at $20,000,000) and that he intended to get out. It was said that he had had all the tickers removed from his office, even that he had not traded in a share of stock for as much as a year...
Captain Hodder's lineup was somewhat disturbed last night by the rumor that Soule would not be able to accompany the team to Rhode Island this afternoon. At a late hour it was not definitely decided one way or the other but it seemed probable that Soule would not play today...
...spring turns into summer, flowers begin to bloom in all the world, and, in China, with the propitious season, war usually commences. A rumor descended upon Peking, last week, like a spring rain...
...Premier now holds the portfolios of Foreign Affairs, War, Marine and Air. It was argued in Rome that, if this kind of thing goes on. Signer Mussolini will be the whole Cabinet. More probable, however, was the rumor that the Premier intends to create a Ministry of Defence combining the portfolios of War, Marine...