Word: rumors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sister, play outrageous tricks on a world with a rigid sense of propriety. They exploit sentimentality by feigning an accidental meeting under the clock at the Biltmore, pretending to be long-lost siblings, leaving onlookers with a happy tale they will tell and retell. They mock tradition and rumor by registering as newlyweds in a motel, and asking for separate rooms because she is shy. But finally it is society that has the last laugh. Several years after Johnnie dies, Sallie learns that people had (falsely) accused them of incest. Even Sallie Collins can't laugh off that one. "Aren...
...surprised that you would publish a rumor originating from "unofficial sources" as you did in the March 16 article pertaining to College policy governing the Harvard Ski, Outing, and Mountaineering clubs. Your assessment of the "unfortunate incident" which supposedly took place at the Harvard Ski Club cabin was erroneous. James Moore President, Harvard Ski Club
...splendid show, organized by Broadway-Composer Richard Adler. The huge hall was happily decorated with 4,000 red. white and blue balloons, and there were plenty of Kennedys for the guests to gander at. M.C.s Gene Kelly and Kirk Douglas mixed wisecracks (said Douglas, "I've heard a rumor that a movie is to be made about Brother Edward, to be called 'I Was a Teen-Age Senator' ") with tributes to the President, and introduced a parade of first-rate entertainers. Yves Montand sang his French songs, Spain's Antonio danced with his flamenco ballet company...
Sullivan last night spiked a rumor that Roche was really representing him. When asked whether he planned to apply any further presure on the MTA, he replied...
...Saturday Evening Post article entitled "Harvard in the Do-Nothing Age" charges that "the only reason McGeorge Bundy got no honorary degree is that Pusey is scared of him. Squelching the rumor in a letter to the CRIMSON, Bundy quips, "I already have an honorary...