When Willian Jansen suggested that legends that disappear quickly were " short-term legends " and the persistent ones be termed " long-term legends ", the distinction between legend and rumour was effectively obliterated, Tangherlini concluded.

When the young prince was born, a rumour immediately spread that a call for a warming pan had been the pretext for a substitution, implying that James and Mary's baby was allegedly stillborn.

When President was sick during May, June and July 2006 period then there was wide rumour by Awami League and a section of media that he died and also there was publicity that he was going to be removed, both issues were addressed very boldly by Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury that he was alive and there was no such decision to remove him or oust him.

When subsequent owners of the Penhold Diefenbunker advertised the facility for resale, there was rumour that a chapter of an outlaw biker gang, possibly the Hells Angels, was expressing interest.

When cross examined, however, she was unable to provide any evidence of this " rife immorality " or any kind of a conspiracy, saying that she could not find any specific instance of " immorality " at the camps she visited and that it was " always rumour ".

When asked what was the most ridiculous rumour he'd heard about himself, he replied getting a blowjob in a bar, and then spoke about how one of his snakes bit the fuck out of me.

When Lord Denning made his 1963 investigation into the security aspects of the Profumo Affair and the rumoured affair between the Minister of Defence, Duncan Sandys, and the Duchess of Argyll, he confirmed to Macmillan that a rumour that Ernest Marples was in the habit of using prostitutes appeared to be true.

When the news spread that Agrippina had died, the Roman army, senate and various people sent him letters of congratulations that he had been saved from his mother's plots.

When ice forms on the beds, trucks can be driven onto the ice to spread a thin layer of sand that helps to control pests and rejuvenate the vines.

When water got scarce, it was rationed and rain water was collected with spread sails.

When Krav Maga started to spread beyond the borders of Israel, there arose a need to found an international organization.

When Churchill was ousted as the queen's favorite, she purportedly spread allegations of the queen having affairs with her bedchamberwomen.

When such mutations result in a higher fitness, natural selection will favor these phenotypes and the novel trait will spread in the population.

When the talent agency Music Corporation of America ( better known as MCA ), then wielding major influence on Paramount policy, offered $ 50 million for 750 features released prior to December 1, 1949 ( with payment to be spread over many years ), a cash-strapped Paramount thought it had made the best possible deal.

When, in the 18th century, a library of ancient papyri was found in Herculaneum, ripples of expectation spread among the learned men of the time.

When the sample to be tested is made into a mull ( a very thick paste ), liquid paraffin is added so it can be spread on the transparent ( to infrared ) mounting plates to be tested.

When news began to spread of Henry I's death, many of the potential claimants to the throne were not well placed to respond.

When the continents joined 3 million years ago, the Great American Interchange resulted in many species being spread across the Americas, such as the cougar, porcupine, and hummingbirds.

When a small sub-molecular imperfection was introduced into Captain America's shield, each impact over the years spread to neighboring molecules.

When the bride leaves her home with the groom to his house, a " Good Luck Woman " will hold a red umbrella over her head, meaning " raise the bark, spread the leaves.

When word spread about the tour, performers began contacting LaFave, whose only prerequisite was to have an inspirational connection to Guthrie.

When Etruscan settlements turned up south of the border, it was presumed that the Etruscans spread there after the foundation of Rome, but the settlements are now known to have preceded Rome.

When combined with Near Vertical Incidence Skywave ( NVIS ) techniques and sufficient channels spread across the spectrum, an ALE node can provide greater than 95 % success linking on the first call, on a near-par with SATCOM systems.

When a message is transmitted through such a channel, the spread pulse of each individual symbol will interfere with following symbols.

When all clasts are more or less of the same size, the rock is called ' well-sorted ', when there is a large spread in grain size, the rock is called ' poorly sorted '.

When the cheese has fermented enough, it is often cut into thin strips and spread on moistened Sardinian flatbread ( pane carasau ), to be served with a strong red wine.

When the water pressure within the xylem reaches extreme levels due to low water input from the roots ( if, for example, the soil is dry ), then the gases come out of solution and form a bubble – an embolism forms, which will spread quickly to other adjacent cells, unless bordered pits are present ( these have a plug-like structure called a torus, that seals off the opening between adjacent cells and stops the embolism from spreading ).

When revolutionary forces forced their way into Norfolk, Virginia, and used waterfront buildings as cover for shots at British vessels out in the river, the response of destruction of those buildings was ingeniously used to the advantage of the rebels, who encouraged the spread of fire throughout the largely Loyalist town, and spread propaganda blaming it on the British.

When printing, the bulging characters would have some ink spread on them and be covered by paper.

When the clouds deepen and spread, especially when they are of the cirrus radiatus variety or cirrus fibratus species, this usually indicates an approaching weather front.

When Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, this song was played as the welcome music.

* Rubenstein, Richard E., When Jesus Became God: The Epic Fight over Christ ’ s Divinity in the Last Days of Rome ( New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 ).

When the production of Richard Kelly's debut film, Donnie Darko, was threatened, Barrymore stepped forward with financing from Flower Films and took the small role of Karen Pomeroy, the title character's English teacher.

When his colleague Richard Courant wrote the now classic Methods of Mathematical Physics including some of Hilbert's ideas, he added Hilbert's name as author even though Hilbert had not directly contributed to the writing.

When he returned from that expedition 8 days later, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery had assumed command of the invasion due to Schuyler's illness.

When the army investigates, they are greeted by Wilson ( Chuck Wilson ), Grenchko ( Richard Berger ), Emmy Kano ( Anna Nakagawa ) and an android named M-11 ( Robert Scott Field ).

When they warned him that they would ask Charles Gounod instead and then threatened to engage Richard Wagner's services, Verdi began to show considerable interest, and agreements were signed in June 1870.

When John's elder brother Richard became king in September 1189, he had already declared his intention of joining the Third Crusade.

When Richard still did not return from the crusade, John began to assert that his brother was dead or otherwise permanently lost.

When Richard arrived in 1191, he and Philip took different sides in the succession dispute.

When physical chemist Richard Williams applied an electric field to a thin layer of a nematic liquid crystal at 125 ° C, he observed the formation of a regular pattern that he called domains ( now known as Williams Domains ).

Likewise, Richard McNally states, " The term ' pseudoscience ' has become little more than an inflammatory buzzword for quickly dismissing one's opponents in media sound-bites " and " When therapeutic entrepreneurs make claims on behalf of their interventions, we should not waste our time trying to determine whether their interventions qualify as pseudoscientific.

When Richard Stallman and the GNU team were implementing POSIX for the GNU operating system, they objected to this on the grounds that most people think in terms of 1024 byte ( or 1 KiB ) blocks.

When Richard Nixon tried to use executive privilege as a reason for not turning over subpoenaed evidence to Congress during the Watergate scandal, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon,, that executive privilege did not apply in cases where a president was attempting to avoid criminal prosecution.

When word reached Philip that Richard had finished crusading and had been captured on his way back from Holy Land, he promptly invaded the Vexin.

When religion is seen in terms of " sacred ", " divine ", intensive " valuing ", or " ultimate concern ", then it is possible to understand why scientific findings and philosophical criticisms ( e. g. Richard Dawkins ) do not necessarily disturb its adherents.

When his brother Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old King Edward V. As the new king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met and escorted him to London where he was lodged in the Tower of London.

When Henry II and Louis VII made a truce on 8 September 1174, Richard was specifically excluded.

When he was crowned, Richard barred all Jews and women from the ceremony, but some Jewish leaders arrived to present gifts for the new king.

When Richard arrived he demanded that his sister be released and given her inheritance ; she was freed on 28 September, but without the inheritance.

When Richard married Berengaria he was still officially betrothed to Alys, and Richard pushed for the match in order to obtain Navarre as a fief like Aquitaine for his father.

When Philip besieged Aumale in Normandy, Richard grew tired of waiting and seized the manor, although the act was opposed by the Church.