Word: hunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keep 13 Republican away form their President by using the bill's carefully wrought generosity to large states with Republican delegates, such as Pennsylvania. The New York Times reporters said it was one of the few votes they had seen that was too close for even a hunch...
...slightly offended by John Rosenthal's editorial, "Steering and Meaning," (December 2, 1986). Mr. Rosenthal seems to have forgotten that many members of the Harvard community study science, and that many more have long held an interest in it. It is my hunch that scientists, who like to make empirical observations about their environment, have known the meanings of most of the phrases cited by Mr. Rosenthal from the time they were able to read them...
...nervous system. Before her discovery, scientists did not understand how organs signaled developing nerve cells to link up with them. It was Levi-Montalcini who first suggested in 1951 that the signal might come from a growth-stimulating chemical in the cells targeted by the nerves. Her hunch was confirmed in 1952 when she observed that single nerve cells, taken from chick embryos and cultured with tissue from mouse tumors, sprouted nerve fibers that reached out "like the rays of the sun." Her conclusion: there was growth factor in the tumor tissue...
...reserve, or minimum, prices, for instance, and does not accept phone-in bids. Does Withington guarantee what he sells? Mrs. Lomas smiles a gentle, deal-the-cards smile and explains that in the antiques business there are no guarantees. Which does not mean there is no honesty. On a hunch, the day before, Dan Hingston, Withington's veteran auction manager, had unscrewed the brass drawer pulls of an inlaid, bowfront bureau. It was a rare piece, made around 1800, and Hingston had expected it to bring from $7,000 to $10,000. He discovered that the elaborate inlay work...
...seemed all the more remarkable because it happened without one of the usual triggering events, like a sudden drop in interest rates or oil prices. Instead, investors took heart in expectations of robust economic growth this year and an anticipated rise in corporate profits. They were reassured about their hunch later in the week when the Commerce Department reported that its index of leading indicators, the Government's primary gauge for forecasting business trends, jumped 1.5% in April; it was the best performance since October 1983. Said David Wyss, an economist with the Data Resources forecasting firm: "Now that...