1.   As for her private life, Stone has traditionally refused to comment, even on recent rumors of a brief affair with Kevin Costner.

2.   But Cisneros has said he is interested in education, perhaps contributing to recent rumors that he might be a candidate for chancellor of the University of Texas System.

3.   Condit declined to comment on the recent rumor that General Electric is about to buy Boeing.

4.   Fuji Bank said Thursday that it currently had no actual losses from derivatives trading, denying recent rumors that it had lost large sums of money.

5.   Here are some recent rumors culled from e-mail lists and Web sites.

6.   One version of a recent rumor passed on an editorial supposedly penned by its staff extolling a tax on e-mail.

7.   Recent rumors that Morgan might be acquire played no role in his decision to buy the stock, he said.

8.   Recent rumors about a potential deal involving Dresdner Bank have been roiling the stock market here for the last several days.

9.   Seven years after taking his dream job, Duquette dismisses recent rumors of his being interested in GM jobs in Los Angeles or anywhere else.

10.   Stories about organ thievery, for instance, may arise from medical advances and recent rumors about foreign countries selling organs for profit.