None of this, however, ever got beyond the proposal stage, or the rumor mill, to become actual policy.
You're trafficking in junk science, in thoroughly debunked science, in the dizzy stuff of rumor mills and conspiracy theories.
According to the rumor mill he worked only several hours a day and spent most of time attending to his toilet.
The rumor mill has started to churn.
He reassured me by telling me that the threat was picked up through the jailhouse rumor mill and probably would not amount to much.
Here's the latest from around the rumor mill.
Over many years, realtors, the local newspaper, private pre-schools, and the rumor mill have steered middle class families away from the public schools.
Depending on the event, you may be dealing with a distributed population, interrupted communication and a rumor mill running rampant.