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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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When a President whose good humor is normally as unflagging as Franklin Delano Roosevelt's exhibits the least touch of snappishness, it is major news. Last week, reporters lost no time in guessing that Franklin Roosevelt had finally stopped trying to conceal his serious concern about Depression. Right or wrong, the reporters' guess was reasonable. The Gainesville speech had touched off a selling wave that sent the stock market to new lows. Other business indices showed few signs of improvement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Georgia Pique | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

...industry is not so localized as the factories. And looming on the scene were industrial reports for the first quarter, generally expected to be terrible. Even the Government's business was bad last week. Contradicting advance reports, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau announced: "I would guess that income taxes might run between $20,000,000 and $50,000,000 below our estimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Below Our Estimate | 4/4/1938 | See Source »

TIME agrees that it has underestimated Tsar Boris, but Reader Clarke, who is thinking of Christian of Denmark (6 ft. 6 in.) has overestimated Gustav of Sweden. A good guess at Tsar Boris' height...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 14, 1938 | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

...rumor story" relayed to him from his home office, expand it into a long "dispatch," and take it down to the censor. If he approves it, the correspondent throws it away. If he disapproves, the correspondent knows the rumor is true. If he merely mumbles, the reporter has to guess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPORTS ON JAPAN FASCISM UNTRUE, HINDMARSH SAYS | 3/10/1938 | See Source »

While I have a long nose, it is not nosy enough to give a damn what figures appear on anyone's income tax statement, and I guess I certify as many as any notary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 7, 1938 | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

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