21.   For nine months, the gruesome rumors circulated through the club scene like an echo.

22.   He added that investors will continue to sell first and ask questions later when troublesome rumors circulate.

23.   He said shares of Scimed, which is based in Maple Grove, Minn., had been moving up, as takeover rumors had circulated on Wall Street.

24.   In recent weeks, rumors have circulated in Washington that Garten was preparing to resign.

25.   It might have got some unusual exposure when the rumors circulated that O.J. Simpson would be hired when the station first went to the format four months ago.

26.   Jill Angevine, research analyst at FirstEnergy in Calgary, said rumors were circulating on Friday that other bidders might emerge for either or both companies.

27.   Last Friday, a similar rumor circulated around Belgrade.

28.   Later in the day, rumors circulated that a soldier had been accidentally killed in the exercise, but the account could not be confirmed.

29.   Lexis-Nexis triggered debate over online privacy two years ago when inaccurate rumors circulated on the Web about its P-Trak people-finder service.

30.   Mayer declined to say who the prospective buyers might be, but rumors are circulating abroad that a leading candidate is Allied Irish Bank, of Dublin.