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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...excusable to keep up the tradition that there is some special merit in a bachelor's degree. But between ourselves in the Intercollegiate Civic League, what, pray, is there about our college training, our four years of fraternity life, athletics, and electives to enable us to guess within gun shot of the amount necessary to run a board of health: whether asphalt pavement is an inch or a foot thick; whether a tenement house department is spending too little or too much money; whether a city budget should be $143,000,000 or $100,000,000; or just where economy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIVIC LEAGUE ARTICLE | 1/18/1908 | See Source »

...only value of a prospect would be to guess the size of the score. There are fourteen CRIMSON heavy-hitters, and only nine places on the team. The "Lampoons" are also good batters, and pull down the high balls in good style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Crimson Victory at 4 | 6/4/1906 | See Source »

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