1.   Even the remote possibility that the ultimate presidential punishment could be in the offing has set tongues wagging.

2.   Pamela Harriman, the U.S. ambassador to France, set tongues wagging across Paris this summer by hinting that she might resign and return to Washington next year.

3.   A surprise public appearance by Chinese leader sets tongues wagging.

4.   Slaying of media czar sets tongues wagging.

5.   When Prime Minister Radu Vasile snuck off for three days during an official visit to Israel to get his teeth fixed, it set tongues wagging.

6.   But his playboy past and marriage last year to Jemima, daughter of Anglo-French tycoon Sir James Goldsmith continues to set tongues wagging in conservative circles.