Word: guess
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...article (May 1) about Arthur Charles Wellesley, fourth Duke of Wellington and Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo. Your readers, learning that the present Duke is still a persistent foxhunter at the age of 84, and noting the aura of British vigor apparent in your portrait of him, may guess that he comes of a family notable solely for its blustering militance. Such a guess would be incorrect. Garret Wellesley, Earl of Mornington and father of the first Wellington, had tastes which were singular indeed in the begetter of an Iron Duke. It is known to relatively few Americans, save such insatiable...
...itching for a chance to put his academic theories on government into prac tice, a man of thoughtful independence who could admire Tammany's Boss Murphy and still vote for Socialist Norman Thomas, a man who could say without cynicism: "Practical politics is dependent upon an ability to guess accurately which way to act." Raymond Moley is not an economist, nor is he a lawyer. Yet Mr. Roosevelt, after his presidential nomination, found him highly useful in both fields. He became the first member of the Democratic campaign "Brain Trust." He helped Mr. Roosevelt write his speeches. He coined...
They roused him with muffins-they roused him with ice- They roused him with mustard and cress- They roused him with jam and judicious advice- They set him conundrums to guess. Lewis Carroll...
...guess," he replied,, "is Ed Kelly...
While the Besler flight was regarded as a significant as well as an historic experiment, few observers were prepared to guess whether the steam-engine idea will get farther than the Diesel, which has yet to be accepted by aviation...