Word: rumors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eighteen years ago rumor spread that St Paul's like London Bridge, was fall down An elaborate scientific examination disclosed and analyzed ominous cracks in Sir Christopher Wren's great and gorgeous dome. For the restoration of . Paul's more than $2,000,000 in subscriptions poured in (a great proportion of H from the U. S.). Taking its own good time, the restoration progressed, great space under the dome was filled with scaffolding, and for over five years the scaffolding stayed there. Londoners had only the vaguest idea of exactly what was the matter with...
When her family allowed some of her poetry and letters (carefully edited) to be printed, rumor grew that Emily had had an unhappy love affair, but who the man was nobody knew for certain. Biographer Genevieve Taggard says she has discovered him, has sworn statements to prove it. Says she: his name was George Gould, a lanky Amherst undergraduate (he was 6 ft. 8 in.), later an eloquent divine of Worcester, Mass. Emily loved him, would not marry him against her father's wishes. After twelve years he took a wife; Emily died a virgin...
Around a flashing, sputtering pinwheel of Parisian excitement last week spun this rumor...
...building plans of the college seem to be aiming at creating a closely packed community of buildings. Should such a goal be achieved, and at present there is no reason to doubt its success, the result will be a city college in a highly unattractive background. The lastest rumor is that there are to be two new Freshman dormitories in the Yard. The trend toward congestion is growing by leaps and bounds...
Among the ignorant rabble a fearful rumor spread: the fact of three misses at close range was the work not of God but of the Devil! An assumption grew that the Death of Baron Strickland would have been sustained with a minimum of sorrow by Archbishop Caruana and his superiors...