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Word: guess (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...might guess that his dogs, if he had any, would be named Bromide and Quinine, that he would marry a brilliant and cranky actress and that he would make his last journey on earth in a load of shellfish. But it is not this magic element of predictability in a writer's destiny that concerns us but the stamina and courage he brings in an effort to vary this magic...

Author: By W. CALEB Crain, | Title: Carver's Quiet Brilliance | 7/12/1988 | See Source »

...delighted and think that Gov. Thornburghwill make a very good Attorney General," saidformer Assistant Secretary of Commerce Clarence J.Brown, who served as an IOP fellow this spring."My guess is he may be around for a secondadministration," should Bush win in the fall, headded

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: IOP Head Named To Replace Meese | 7/12/1988 | See Source »

Eddie, a long-haired Chicano rocker, and Kaija, the daughter of a famous actor, had a hard job convincing both their families that they had a future together. "I was Guess Who's Coming to Dinner before the movie appeared," grins Olmos. "It was quite a dinner. They served artichokes, and I'd never eaten one." Even after the couple was married in a small ceremony in 1971, the Keels "weren't thrilled" by the union, says Kaija. "I was very mad at them for a while, but now that I'm a parent, I can understand. They were worried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Burning With Passion | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...Harvard University is a very respected institution, but the laws apply to everybody. I guess I've gotten used tothe fact that they think they're above the law,"Jackson said...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: New Papers Surface In Gender Bias Suit | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

...talked about such behavior in my Latin American history class freshman year, and I guess I could just never accept such things as true. I had written essay question after essay question on my final exam on that very subject, the PRI's manipulation of the public, but the facts had never sunk in until then...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: Mexico City Prepares for Election; Citizens Skeptical About Vote | 7/6/1988 | See Source »

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