61.   Adding to the sense of menace are rumors that certain gangs in Piedras Negras intend to target U.S. Border Patrol agents.

62.   According to Anne McGrath, managing editor of the Best Colleges issue for US News, rumors about cheating are unsubstantiated.

63.   After Clinton was re-elected, there were widespread rumors that she would leave Paris at the beginning of this year.

64.   Alas, such rumors are not surprising.

65.   Algeria and Sri Lanka also were said to be in the market for U.S. wheat and there were rumors Egypt soon may bid for U.S. wheat.

66.   All the same, the rumor was understandable, and not just because of the wheezing tenor of the times in racing.

67.   All season, the rumor has been that the Buccaneers would dump Dungy for Bill Parcells at the end of this year unless they go deep into the playoffs.

68.   But a person close to Home Shopping said that those rumors were inaccurate and that Diller was only joining its board.

69.   Brooks maintained in the interview that the rumors were false and that they hurt him on the free-agent market.

70.   But Brown said such rumors are nothing more than that until he makes an announcement.