I.B. BAD’S NAMES IN
THE RUMOR MILL

HITS’ man behind the scenes tags each of his biweekly columns with a list of names that is context-free, apart from the verbiage that precedes it. As a result of this absence of surrounding detail, a guessing game frequently follows suit among readers—and that goes for the staff as well in some cases.

So what do we make of the latest set?

Ashley Newton, Greg Marella, Richard Griffiths, Adam Alpert, Sylvia Rhone and Martin Kirkup.

Look for the complete column—and quite possibly some clues—Wednesday morning.