41.   Rumors spread of secret strategies available to students, involving the submission of misleading short lists, that could knock a rival out of a coveted job.

42.   Rumors spread that Jordan might be in uniform for the game, or at least in attendance.

43.   Rumors spread that someone had jumped.

44.   Rumors were spreading wildly, said Gulalli Sherzai, who is not related to the governor.

45.   Shannon Reeves of the NAACP said there was a rumor spreading around the city that Brown was hoping to use Oakland as a springboard to the U.S. Senate.

46.   Spectators and Pentagon workers were moved far back from the building as rumors spread that a second suicide plane might be targeting the Pentagon.

47.   Spurred by the low share price, rumors have spread through the industry that Bertelsmann was seeking to buy the online bookstore outright.

48.   The government of Montenegro, which opposes President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, called for calm as rumors spread that army units in the republic were preparing a coup.

49.   The Journal article documented how far the rumor had spread, and also offered it to a new audience.

50.   The reaction was so fierce against Alomar, turning him into an international villain of the worst sort, that rumors spread that he had contemplated quitting baseball.