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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from Duveen Bros., Inc. and called it "the most important purchase of a single piece of art ever made by the museum." Asked the price of this jewel, the Museum's Director Herbert Eustis Winlock replied, "We never talk prices. They don't mean anything." A good guess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Metropolitan's Titian | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

...between me and Sullivan, but he made a mountain out of a mole hill and let it get into the papers. Now I've got to get him a horse somewhere. I have a couple of plugs up at the poor farm that sin't doing much, so I guess I'll let him have one of them. The trouble is, though, that I think more of the horse than I do of Sullivan, and I don't want to send it out in the cold to catch pneumonia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bossy Gillis, Newburyport Mayor, Thinks Oath Bill Will End Socialism of Harvard Teachers | 2/26/1936 | See Source »

Next day he again voluntarily returned to the Senate hearing at which Partners Thomas Lamont and Russell Leffingwell gave tedious testimony about financing after the U. S. entered the War. Finally Mr. Morgan expressed his disappointment. "I guess we are in for another dull day." Before catching a midday train back to ' Manhattan he shook hands with Senator Nye and his fellow investigators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Old Man's Leisure | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

Admitting it to be very difficult to guess whether there will be a war in Europe in the near future, he said, "The answer primarily depends on the action of the League of Nations with regard to the Italic-Ethiopian war. If the League places effective sanctions on Mussolini, there will be war between certain governments, members of the League of Nations, and Italy, unless Mussolini backs down from his intentions as indicated by his threats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senator Key Pittman Characterizes Europe as an Armed Camp Full of Dangerous Fear and Hatred | 2/11/1936 | See Source »

...guess," replied the Postmaster General, "that the bid can be raised. Then play poker and bid your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTE: Poker Players | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

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