Word: guess
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first requisite for any debate is an accurate presentation of a person's point of view. Mr. Kaplan has completely twisted mine, in part I would guess because he is captivated by the idea of applying a gaudy political label. Yet such labelling, which not only simplifies but caricatures the nature of a complex argument, can only be destructive of discourse and intellectual debate. Daniel Bell Professor of Sociology...
...talking with him and having a few drinks together. "It's a pretty common thing," he said afterward. "We've had to deal with four of those cases in the past few days. This student was working on some paper or something, trying to meet a deadline. I guess he got overworked. We set up radio communications with University Health Services and called in a psychiatrist, and in a few hours we calmed him down. But the next day we got another call." The student was later sent to a hospital...
...examining Patty. The prosecutor recalled that West testified that the defendant had been deprived of sleep-a classic brainwashing technique-although his report stated that she had been awakened at night only once. How did West decide that Patty had really lost sleep, Bancroft wanted to know. "An educated guess," responded the psychiatrist. "So," Bancroft shot back, "you made an 'educated guess' on one of the most important parts of the deprivation concept...
...nature of the foul was unclear after the race. "Damned if I know why they were disqualified," asserted McCurdy. "I guess one of their runners fouled while cutting inside...
...into the lights in a mood of inspiration invoking the dream of the silver screen: "Everywhere," she says, "there are girls... and a few strange boys... who want to grow up to be starlets." If there is an essence to the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' meandering 128th show, I guess this is it. The immediate humor panders to a stereotype; it relies on the underlying irony to carry it through. And the underlying irony--the fact that Henna, Kitty and all the other women characters in the play are men--not only describes one kind of laugh offered in Tots...