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Word: guesswork (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dramatic quality, Miner admits that it's mostly a matter of guesswork: "Plays considered surefire ahead of broadcasting time usually end up at the bottom-that happened to comedies like June Moon and Boy Meets Girl. But Turgenev's Smoke, which was expected to leave people cold, was one of the most popular we've ever done." And he adds: "There are some shows I've put on that I personally hate, but I know there's an audience for them. TV's a mass medium and there has to be something for everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: High Polish | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...desperate haste, a new hunt was organized. It was not easy, because figuring out where the Bismarck would head for was just educated guesswork. Later it became known that there had been a hot argument aboard her. Captain Lindemann wanted to return to Germany; iron-willed Fleet Admiral Günther Lütjens, senior officer on board, ordered a westward dash. Systematically the Admiralty planted every available cruiser and destroyer across likely lines of escape. At 10:30 a.m. on May 26, the Bismarck was spotted by a Catalina patrol plane southwest of Ireland. This time Sir John Tovey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Big Chase | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...then there is the complication that exam period or ablate data can offer. Both of these distractions have the same general effect; to wit, they dim the scribble's unflinching regard for detailed research and careful analysis, reducing him to what sometimes borders on wild guesswork...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 6/22/1949 | See Source »

Because it is mainly guesswork about the present military strength of various nations, and the possibilities of different plans of attack and defense, "If Russia Strikes" is of questionable value in assessing the present or future world situation. The book is not based on any proven facts, and both reflects and supports present fear and hysteria. According to Mr. Eliot, since there can be no peace with Russia, we must remain armed and develop more powerful weapons and a stronger FBI to ferret out spies and plotters. All of this may not be warmongering--but it is dangerously close...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: War with Russia discussed by George Fielding Eliot | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

...defensive) won. In the Midwest, there seemed no end to the invincibility of Notre Dame and Michigan, both unbeaten since 1946. Only slightly less impressive were North Carolina and Army. The pity was that none of these four would play each other, so that comparisons were at best guesswork, and at worst a matter of local patriotism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Unbeatens | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

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