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A Rumor of War: Richard T. Heffron: Dramatization of Philip Caputo's autobiographical book on his service in Vietnam and his growing disillusionment with the war. 1998 US A Bright Shining Lie: Terry George: Experiences of US Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, military adviser to the South Vietnamese. Based on the book by the same name by Neil Sheehan ...
"I Heard a Rumour" bears notable similarities in part to Michael Fortunati's "Give Me Up", [5] which was released in early 1986; however, producer Mike Stock denied the track was based excessively on that record, insisting the track was simply broadly inspired by Europop trends at the time, saying: "We didn't do sampling...
So formidably defined, rumor is but a special case of informal social communications, including myth, legend, and current humor. From myth and legend it is distinguished by its emphasis on the topical. Where humor is designed to provoke laughter, rumor begs for belief. [5] Knapp identified three basic characteristics that apply to rumor:
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
There was a political campaign smear rumor current in 1856 that Fremont was a Catholic. During the 1856 presidential election, John C. Frémont was the target of a smear campaign alleging that he was a Catholic. The campaign was designed to undermine support for Fremont from those who were suspicious of Catholics. [citation needed]
In the other two cases, either one or both of those involved in the meeting learn that the rumor is known and decided not to tell the rumor anymore, thereby turning into stiflers. One variant is the Maki-Thompson model. [2] In this model, rumor is spread by directed contacts of the spreaders with others in the population.
"Rumour Has It" is a song by the American singer Donna Summer, released in 1978. It was a moderate hit, peaking at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Hot Disco Chart in the US, #19 on the UK Singles Chart, [1] and #20 in the Netherlands.
Deep Throat was first introduced to the public in the February 1974 book All the President's Men by The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.According to the authors, Deep Throat was a key source of information behind a series of articles that introduced the misdeeds of the Nixon administration to the general public.