Word: guessing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Humbug. "I've gone from 'E. C.' to 'P. C.'," boasted Mr. Thomas once to a British Laborite audience. "That is, I began as an Engine Cleaner and now I'm one of 'is Majesty's Privy Councilors, but I guess you all know I'm still Jim!" Last week the clubbable Minister in Charge of Unemployment soon warmed up Canadians to a personal liking for his breezy, Welsh-Cockney wrays. In his first Canadian press interview, smart Jim Thomas sought to spike the charge that Mother Britain is not playing...
Foujita cried in her presence: "Oh, Yourki? She's learning how to wear a Japanese costume and how to bow. Never shall I be able to rid myself of that wife of mine there, I guess...
...last winter, appeared in a New York City court to testify that a friend arrested for speeding had been hurrying him to the hospital. When the friend was fined Hero Manning remarked: "Five months ago Mayor Walker gave me the keys to the City of New York. But I guess they are no good here...
...spite of arrests and imprisonments, correspondents were unable to discover the individuals directly responsible for the attempted uprising. But it was easy to guess the responsible group...
...Untin' Bowler, partly because a hunting bowler hat is supposed to protect its wearer if he falls, and partly (said Chicagoans) because of a McCormick family joke about a child, a bowler hat and a pressing necessity. The Tribune started a prize contest, $100 for the best guess why the plane was named 'Untin' Bowler...