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...Nobody ever wants to be reminded that he has engaged in gossip. When the object of that gossip steps forward to remind the rumormonger of such a thing, that person becomes an enemy. As long as rumor remains fuzzy, it can be almost wistful. But when confronted openly, the rumormonger suddenly feels that he must truly believe what he has merely been fantasizing. Zealot is pitted against zealot. Carnage ensues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Letting Bad Enough Alone | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...Bendix rumor mills immediately went into overtime. Cunningham is separated from her New York-based husband, while Agee has just been divorced from his wife of 23 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bendix Abuzz | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

With Jeff Kemp at quarterback (the son of Rep. Jack Kemp, Reactionary of New York) rumor has it that Dartmouth will run a balanced budget offense. Actually, Kemp promises to send opposing defenses reeling into the red. He has as targets spilt end Dave Shula, son of Miami Dolphins' coach Don Shula and Dartmouth's all-time leading receiver, and flanker Sean Teevens, brother of 1978 Ivy most valuable player Buddy Teevens, who led the Big Green to the Ivy championship that year...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

There's a rumor going around the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that only two department chairmen have responded to Dean Rosovsky's milestone report on the state and future of graduate education at the University. Although the Dean issued the report about two years ago, this lack of Faculty feedback to Rosovsky's call for immediate community discussion isn't surprising. Administrators and students at the GSAS feel certain that they are already grappling, if not successfully, with the issues Rosovsky raised in his report--the shrinking job market for academics, shrinking funds, and the shrinking school itself...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: GSAS Enrollment Continues to Decline | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

With Jeff Kemp at quarterback (the son of Rep. Jack Kemp, Reactionary of New York) rumor has it that Dartmouth will run a balanced budget offense. Actually, Kemp promises to send opposing defenses reeling into the red. He has as targets spilt end Dave Shula, son of Miami Dolphins' coach Don Shula and Dartmouth's all-time leading receiver, and flanker Sean Teevens, brother of 1978 Ivy most valuable player Buddy Teevens, who led the Big Green to the Ivy championship that year...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Six Have Shot at Ivy Crown | 9/10/1980 | See Source »

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