Word: hunched
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Where does this Arabian Warren Buffett think of investing next? East, it seems. His investment in News Corp. is based on a hunch that Murdoch's empire can grow by leaps and bounds in Asia. Says the prince: "Liberalization of media and entertainment in China and India will have a tremendous boost on News Corp. shares." Motorola is already in China. Earlier this year, Alwaleed made a 15-nation scouting trip through Asia and placed his first direct investment, taking a piece of the Shanghai Trade Center, which will be the tallest skyscraper in the world when it is finished...
...brief, if Joe Stalin were still alive and available, I would have tried to get him as, a Nieman speaker on the hunch that he might have some interesting things to say. And last spring the Nieman Fellows spent some hours interrogating that notable non-Stalinist newspaper publisher, William Loeb, in Manchester, New Hampshire. This Foundation's tradition is, in fact, as your editorial complains, "eclectic"--and we mean to keep it that way. James C. Thomson Jr. Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism
...have a hunch that the cost will be nearer to $20 million," said Paul, who is also professor of medicine, emeritus...
...knows yet whether this hunch is right. Gouras and his Swedish colleagues have found that rejection of fetal RPE cells can occur months down the road. Moreover, slight differences in approach between Gouras' team and Ernest's may or may not prove to be significant. "It's an experiment," says surgeon Patel. "That's all it is. What we're trying to find out is whether there's a rationale for going to a larger study...
...sand like an archaeological jigsaw puzzle. Fitted together, the pieces formed a dazzling tableau: golden stars set against an azure sky, with crowned vultures flying off into the distance. Flying where, precisely? Kendall, an associate curator at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, thinks he knows. And if his hunch is correct, he may be a few tons of rubble away from a major archaeological find...