Word: hunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early 1978, Vance left on a Middle East mission to Cairo and Jerusalem with the usual gaggle of reporters in tow. House second-guessed the Secretary of State's purpose and, on a hunch, called Washington. Speaking to a contact on then-President Jimmy Carter's National Security Council, House asked him if Vance was travelling to the Middle East to personally invite Begin and Sadat to a summit in the United States. She recalls his shocked response, saying. "I knew my hunch was correct when he refused to either confirm or deny it." Though she had no confirmed sources...
Another feature common to most students seeking counseling is their professional goals. "My hunch is that people in the pre-professionals tend to be more anxious, because they tend to see more riding on the outcome," explains Catlin...
...magazine as soon as the mailman delivered it, and look for the pictures of the movie and TV starlets lurking under the big heading. "P-E-O-P-L-E" Call me a populist if you must. I love the "People" section. And I've got a pretty good hunch that I'm not the page's only fan. I think everybody reads...
...monitoring their police radios at home. Philip Cappitelli and Richard Keyworth compared notes over the telephone and were struck by the fact that the painkiller had been mentioned in two of the reports. "This is a wild stab, but maybe it's Tylenol," Keyworth speculated. They mentioned their hunch to their superiors...
...show to the average person pictorially," says Morrill. "The beauty is in the details, not the overall look of the land." James Balog, who specializes in nature photography, was stumped at first by the arid terrain of the 280 acres near the Keyhole Reservoir in Wyoming. Then, on a hunch, he waited for nightfall, when a rising moon provided an intriguing mix of shadow and light. The result, like the five other pictures chosen for the story, shows none of the second thoughts, false starts and doubts that preceded the final image. And that is just as it is supposed...