Word: rumors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Welcome to a world of utility and rumor. Welcome to the tunnels-Harvard's underground...
...This is the first I have heard of such a rumored rule! Unless I dismissed the rumor as quickly last year as I am now doing, and have now forgotten about it," Lewis said. "No serious consideration has been given to such a proposal...
Ever since I heard the "Rocky" rumor, I've been dying to meet Tommy Rawson. The story is probably apocryphal, but the gossip is that the 88-year-old Rawson, Harvard's boxing coach and resident sports legend, was the basis for Mickey, the character immortalized by Burgess Meredith in the 1976 Academy Award winning film...
...late in our conversation that I start to see shades of "Mickey" emerging. It's subtle-Rawson is calm and reserved where the coach in Rocky was acerbic and tightly-wound-and yet its definitely there. But I never do attempt to confirm the rumor. It seems like there's only so much to be gained from talking about the past...
Meanwhile, Althorp is not a burden the earl can avoid. The maintenance, costing some $700,000 a year, is enormous, and revenue for the compound has come mostly from renting out portions of it for corporate entertaining. Rumor said that Spencer was thinking about building houses and, astonishingly, a superstore on the estate to add to its earning potential. "Althorp," notes Brooks-Baker, "is not a place you leave...