"Ever since I came to London years ago, I've heard endless gossip about him, and it's scarcely ever been true."

Everyone who visited him had to endure endless gossip, complaints and general indiscretions.

And across the city there is endless gossip about who has been seen with whom, about the endless web of business, political and social connections that knit this community together.

Karla Jennings, a writer from Decatur, Ga., collected them by talking to every knowledgeable person she could get hold of and by exchanging endless gossip by electronic mail.

The face of the Bolshoi's prima ballerina had appeared in every publication, and she had become a source of endless gossip when she retired suddenly from a brilliant career.

The novel generated endless gossip.

The two appeared constantly together in public, where their evident happiness coming so close upon the rumors of a divorce, caused endless gossip.

Nonetheless, the rumors persisted for years, and the Padgitts were the source of endless gossip in the cafes and coffee shops around the square in Clanton.

As in every six-year political cycle, dark-horse candidates have come up in the endless gossip.

Mr. Li's rarefied background has made him the subject of endless gossip by rivals in Hong Kong business, who wonder what he might do for an encore.