Word: guesswork
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...spite of a guesswork start disrupted by the tide, the Jayvees grabbed an early lead and gradually increased it through the race, rowing three and four points lower than the lions...
...results of the legal and other aptitude tests given by other schools." The difficulty arises from the fact that other schools have considered college records, aptitude and personality all together, and thus failed to isolate the results of the aptitude tests. "Personality," remarked Mr. Landis, "tends to be more guesswork." He said it might mean social background or almost anything that the interviewer wanted to take into consideration...
...general charm of House life that they will share. The trouble of looking up some older acquaintance to sign one's meal slip will be well balanced by the chance to make acquaintances among the upperclasses and to know the character of each House by something more than guesswork and hearsay...
...this basis, an overwhelming number of actors who earn $40 to $90 a week averaged between $204 and $504 as their annual theatrical incomes in 1936. In the $100-$199 wage bracket the yearly figure was $510 and $1,014. These figures were apparently more than guesswork on the magazine's part, for of all the wage contracts signed through Actors' Equity in 1936, 1,693 were in the $40-$99 class, 522 in the $100-$199 group. Only 402 called for $200 and over. "Survey . . . takes no account of the thousands of actors in the commercial theatre...
Dean Landis maintained that on this account "modern constitutional lawyers must study the prejudices of the Justices as well as the law. This spreads uncertainty throughout the whole body of Law, making it a matter of guesswork!" Here applause interrupted...