Word: scuttlebutt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some point last spring, a financial "angel" entered the picture, and herein lies another of the elements of mystery surrounding the Program. He has wished to remain anonymous, and so far this wish has been fulfilled. The scuttlebutt has it, however, that he is a wealthy alumnus who remembers his own freshman year with something less than enthusiasm, and who approached the Administration with a desire to improve the lot of future Harvard initiates. Quite likely, his generosity has by now been supplemented by support from other sources. At any rate, money does not seem to have been a serious...
...British Admiralty rechristened a fleet refueling ship, formerly H.M.S. Tide-race, which will now sail as H.M.S. Tide Flow. The Admiralty stoutly insisted that the change was made because Tiderace kept being confused with other tankers of similar name; below-decks scuttlebutt was that puckish sailors had insisted on rhyming Tiderace with the monicker of dimpled Schmalz Piano Pounder Liberace...
...According to Hollywood scuttlebutt, Gary Grant has turned the tables on Universal-International. Instead of taking a percentage from the studio for his current film, Operation Petticoat, Grant is said to have persuaded the studio to take a percentage from him (10% of the gross) while he produces the picture...
...local lacrossemen and golfers train on liquor and late dates. Perhaps these reports are totally unfounded. But they may well have reached the ears of the men who decide Harvard athletic policy thus become involved in the recent "economy steps." Such, at least, is the current Dillon Field House scuttlebutt...
...afternoon, with Nasser at his side, the Yugoslav leader told 50,000 cheering old partisans gathered on the Sutjeska battlefield: "No one can break us." Nasser himself, by visiting Tito at this point, was making the most audacious affront to the Soviets he had ever risked. According to Cairo scuttlebutt, Nasser returned from his recent 17-day state visit to Russia bored by too many banquets and somewhat unimpressed. He also came home with no more Russian rubles, though reportedly the kind of Russian help he likes most-complete diplomatic backing in his troublemaking-costs Russia not a ruble. Long...