Word: inferred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...what he would do when he came into power--"There shall be in England seven half-penny leaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it a felony to drink small beer." Perhaps some of our elder statesmen would infer, in their haste, that Jack was a prohibitionist, either by politics or conviction, but other possible constructions can be put upon the passage. That he was a through-going Democrat, however--an out-and-out son of the wild jackass--is clearly suggested by his boast, which we slightly paraphrase...
...Harry Marsh Warren, has itemized the precise day and hour most often chosen for voluntary death. It is 11:00 a.m., Tuesday. It took long investigations by the Save-a-Life League, which Dr. Warren founded in 1906 and since has headed, to determine this hour and to infer a reason for its choice. Said Dr. Warren last week, after a League meeting: "People see want ads on Sunday; look for the jobs and fail to get them on Monday; and on Tuesday decide...
Some persons might infer from this statement that the Fiduciary Trust Co. will entrust all legal business of estates and trusts under its care to Root, Clark & Buckner. On the contrary, the policy of the trust company, where circumstances permit, is to employ a client's own attorney in the administration of his estate or trusts...
...imagine there is a gross inaccuracy in your estimate of the newspapers that are imposed upon inverted gravestones. I have seen hundreds of these memorial slabs turned to practical use in country printshops of America, and because they made excellent and durable imposing stones. I infer they must still remain in almost equal numbers...
...matter of fact (though TIME did not intend to infer it) the President is known to do much meticulous revising of his speeches...