Word has got around that the higher-ups are¡¦

Why are you crying? You promised me you wouldn`t cry¡¦ Please wait for me, someday I`ll be able to write a letter to you! (Kim Young-dal, a former North Korean agent who served a lengthy prison term here, to his wife seeing him off to the North Sept. 2)

Word has got around that the higher-ups are recommending Mr. so-and-so or that a person hailing from a certain region is out of the question.(unidentified Defense Ministry officials Sept. 3 on the open recruitment of the new director of acquisition, who will take charge of the purchase of weapons systems and other equipment for the armed forces)