1.   Rumors swept up from the factory floor and lofted back down again from the cubicles of middle management.

2.   At midday Thursday, a rumor swept through hedge funds that Goldman, Sachs had quit as an adviser and underwriter to Tyco on the CIT sale.

3.   A few months ago, rumors swept the camp that the government had gotten German surgeons to come here, and that transplants were being performed in Europe.

4.   A member of the tenure committee said rumors have swept the campus of an almost blanket denial of tenure.

5.   A rumor swept the elementary school that has served as the press headquarters Monday afternoon that Clinton was looking for a Wednesday wrap.

6.   A rumor swept across the country early in the day claiming Labonte had either died or was seriously injured.

7.   A rumor swept Cleveland Friday that the Indians were that team.

8.   Already rumors have swept Kinshasa of an impending military coup, and of possible pillaging by unpaid and undisciplined soldiers.

9.   For days, rumors have swept Moscow that the Kremlin is again preparing to do something.

10.   He was arrested, and rumors swept the city that he would be lynched.