There were no personal computers, and no Internet, no satellite radio, no Cable TV, no news, gossip, fashion, or design blogs, no social media, and alas, no Forbeswoman.

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But Daly, who is no stranger to the gossip columns himself, has been vocal in his support of Woods.

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Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontery.

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No juicy Marilyn Monroe gossip here.

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No wonder Vienna buzzed with gossip about what, besides painting, went on in the studio beyond.

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Much of the gossip in the Westminster village is just that, gossip, of no interest to anyone outside of SW1 in central London.

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No way, says Daily News Gossip Columnist George Rush.

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No fancy lunches at Spago, frequent mentions in the gossip columns or "Look at me, I'm sitting in a power booth" drinks at the Polo Lounge.

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The friendly neighbourhood storekeeper, for those unwilling to bear the trip or the gossip, will also readily deliver such small purchases home, at no extra fee, as many times a day as he is called upon to -- perhaps the biggest reason why Indian households remember their grocery needs only from one day to another.

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But I had no evidence of it, and I never saw anything that made me take it more seriously than it was common gossip.

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