Word: guess
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dyson: I guess it does not mean anything...
...lines. He never becomes sufficiently acquainted with De Brett's Peerage to learn that Sir Roger, the murderee, is not called Sir Ackroyd. The Fatal Alibi is wan in spots, but the last act hits a happy clip. Only the audience, the murderer, Sir Roger and Hercule Poirot can guess the solution of the crime...
...very much exaggerated, at least it isn't that way in my work", declared Gershwin, as some one asked him "how he did it". "I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14", said the new famous composer, who is 34. "I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts. In about a year or so I gave up the idea of being a great pianist and started writing simple popular music. I had several of my songs published...
...With R. F. C. as good as law, the Stock Exchange began moving up hopefully while President Hoover, impatient, made ready to sign the legislation before this week is out. The new agency was scheduled to be in operation by Feb. 1. What would happen thereafter was anybody's guess...
Professor Hart does not think that China is a real factor in the present Manchurian situation but believes it is a fair guess that an understanding exists between Russia and Japan to the effect that Russia will not interfere with Japan's activities in Manchuria. "The position of Manchuria is such that both Russia and Japan could use it to great advantage, Russia because it needs a seaport which is not ice-bound in the winter months, and Japan because it has no place to expand on the continent of Asia and Manchuria is the most accessible region for this...