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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kellogg heered him holler, an' Coolidge heered him bawl. But when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all! They seeked him down in Mexico, they cussed him in the press; They seeked him 'round the Capitol, an' everywhere I guess But all they ever found of him was whiskers, hair and clout- An' the Bolsheviks I'll get you ef you don't watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Oratory, Etc. | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

Many years ago, as one may well guess, Henry Ford had a dream with four wheels on it. In 1903 he began to manufacture it; he did not have any cash, so he cajoled some skeptical Detroiters into putting up $28,000 (the only moneys ever invested in the Ford Motor Co.). James Couzens, a Canadian by birth, who was working in a coal yard, scraped up $1,000, added his note for $1,500, bought 25 shares. Two automotive young Dodge brothers (John F. and Horace E.) invested $5,000 apiece. John Gray put up $10,000 but "didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Millions | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

...softly, so as not to wake us, and we began to wonder what he would have done if we had said, "No." Presently we found out, as he came back an asked us again. And we said we weren't. Beside being the truth, this was a bad guess, because he believed...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/13/1927 | See Source »

...might not guess from his name, Captain Harrigan is Irish and was in the war, and he is a very good friend of Miss Groody's. In fact he's her husband. But the boy didn't know that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John Hazard Is Unsympathetic Toward Ambitious Harvard Man--Has Doubts About Funny Papers and Some Invitations | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Tilney, famed Manhattan physicians, reported on narcosan in the New York Medical Journal and Record. They said that it had relieved , morphin, cocain, heroin, veronal and alcohol addiction, without causing delirium or intense suffering. Whether the treatment was permanent or not they said they did not know, could not guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Narcosan | 12/27/1926 | See Source »

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