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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fantastic? Perhaps, the Vagabond reflects. But who knows? Who really knows? Certainly all he can do is to wonder, to guess, to imagine; but in the meantime he plans to go to Harvard 1 this noon to hear Professor Bruce Hopper lecture on "The relations of Soviet Russia with Europe and America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

...Lake, I merely state again your guess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/1/1938 | See Source »

...Davis knew that, and Raymond Marien had a good head for figures. He got the job. He worked hard, and in 1933 he was put in charge of the accounting of Interstate Hosiery. Because of the activities of Mr. Marien, Interstate Hosiery statistics are highly dubious, but a rough guess by officers at its current net assets last week was $925,000. Every month Mr. Marien went to the company mills at Lansdale, Pa. and looked over the books. Every month he went back to Manhattan with a report in which the figures for cash on hand, accounts receivable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Impulsive Accountant | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...guess we got our dates mixed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOY MEETS GIRL FOR '41 HOP; BUT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT GIRL | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...have to use a maximum of care not to frighten sensitive Yardlings by appearing to be another banana skin on the royal road to history. He must be a father-confessor. He must be a patron saint. He must instruct his brood in what to read without letting them guess that it is assigned, and must conduct a serious class in an atmosphere of gay camaraderie. This may possibly be difficult. There will be those who will prefer to glue on their vencer of culture with a brush of their own choosing, who will resent this invasion of an erst...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BANANA SKIN? | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

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