Word: guessing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...large a part the constantly increasing use of anesthetics played in causing operations, the committee could only guess. But it does know that anesthetics weaken the mother's natural power to expel the baby, thus frequently necessitate instrumental...
...amount of apathy toward the team by Harvard undergraduates can stem the excitement that is going the rounds for this contest. Not for some time has there been so much doubt as to the outcome. That is, the sports-writers have usually been certain before the game that their guess would come true. More frequently than not, they were wrong, witness the clash two years ago, when an undefeated Harvard eleven led by Barry Wood went down to an unpredicted defeat at the hands, or feet of Albie Booth, et al. The Crimson was highly favored that...
...guess is as good as another. But I think things are going to be much worse before they are ever better." And he explained to her that the bank was arranging to take over the securities from a broker. "He said that the market could do awful things to the account...
When President Traylor took the stand for the defense, he readily admitted that if the securities had been sold Mrs. Busby would have been far better off. But, he argued: "My guess was wrong. If any one can answer the question of when to sell and when not to sell, all the hazard will be taken out of the banking and investment business. . . . We thought the market would show an upturn and I still think that, with the situation as it was at that time, we should have held the securities for future sale. . . . Among the securities . . . were...
First National's chief defense was Mr. Traylor's defense-that it had merely made a bad guess. Last week with the case completed Probate Judge O'Connell was pondering his decision-sure to be widely read by all good bankers who made bad guesses...