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...only other precelebration flap involved Nancy Reagan's wardrobe. In an interview two weeks ago the First Lady had dismissed as "ridiculous" a rumor that her new Inaugural dresses and accessories would cost as much as $25,000. Checking out that flat disclaimer, Washington Post Fashion Writer Nina Hyde discovered it was true in an unexpected sense: if purchased at retail, the Inaugural wardrobe would cost about $46,000. Hyde carefully pointed out that the First Lady's favorite designers are often just too happy for Nancy to showcase their creations and thus sell to her at a discount...
...production called L.S.D. In August, Edward Albee compelled a Texas stage company, Theater Arlington, to cut short its revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The production had converted Albee's squabbling heterosexual couples into a quartet of gay men. The director points to the oft-repeated rumor that this was Albee's original intent, a claim the playwright has denied...
...rumor was the usual one, drugs, and it was so prevalent that in the presence of Pitt Coach "Foge" Fazio, Marino was tested and passed. Still unconvinced that three losses in twelve games constitutes disgrace, Marino looks back at his 42-6 college career with no expression of regret. "Go to high school and college in my own district. Be the starting quarterback. Have a chance at a national championship. I thought it would be a lot of fun to do that--and it was. You're not always going to be successful, but everything's worked out great." Quarterbacks...
...know what would happen if we didn't rescue Continental. We could not take the risk." When Continental's fate was in doubt, the jitters affected even solid institutions. Manufacturers Hanover, for example, watched its stock price drop by nearly 11% in one day because of an unfounded rumor that it was in trouble...
Until now, the emotional-distress argument has been successfully used mainly by individuals seeking redress against such pests as harassing bill collectors and malicious pranksters; one case, for example, involved a cruel joker who falsely spread the rumor that a woman's son had hanged himself. Constitutional experts warn that its use by public figures against the press could erode First Amendment protections by circumventing the rigorous standards of proof for libel. New York Attorney Floyd Abrams believes the verdict will be reversed, but, if not, it could encourage "an end run around constitutional protections for people who want...