Word: gossip
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...word article, by New Yorker Staff Writer Suzannah Lessard, does not attempt to document any amatory adventures. But it asserts that the gossip is true and suggests that Kennedy's philandering is a "latent issue" that will surface as the electorate struggles to get the Senator's character in sharper focus, and offers her own instant analysis: his behavior represents "a severe case of arrested development, a kind of narcissistic intemperance...
They're like horseplayers scratching their heads over the latest tip sheets. When touts whisper the freshest snatches of gossip in their ears, they don't really believe, but they listen anyway, unable to help themselves...
...suggested that the advanceman look up my friend the town clerk, who pumped gas and sold dog licenses and could, in theory, write out a permit that would allow you to bury a body on your land. The town clerk was a good, brisk talker, and although no gossip, he was the preferred source of reliable information on town affairs. He was also a good, brisk businessman, a state legislator, a considerable landowner, and the president of the bank that stood across the road from his gas pumps, conveniently situated to make a nice, punchy shot for the cameraman...
...Hardy family was a symbol of what was best in the country. MGM quickly scheduled sequels, and in 1939 and 1940 Mickey was the box office king, bigger than Gable or Tracy. He made $5,000 a week -in real dollars. His teen-age escapades became staples of the gossip columns, and the studio hired a male duenna to keep him in line. That was not easy, and when he was 21, Mickey took his first wife, an unknown actress named Ava Gardner...
Unfortunately, the rumors were unfounded. The gossip circulating through the ranks of eastern cross country buffs that Providence College was finally beatable were proved disappointingly untrue as the Friars totally outclassed the Crimson in a trimeet with hapless UMass, 21-39-69, yesterday afternoon at Franklin Park...