Word: suspected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morris Fishbein, as Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is spokesman for over 90,000 physicians and surgeons- the largest body of medical men in the world. Few laymen read medical journals, for they inevitably suspect, behind the lurch and trundle of ill-teamed words, the machinations of a cloudy mind. Dr. Fishbein's words are graphic; he is possessed of what George Meredith called "the first condition of sanity"-a belief that our present civilization is founded on common sense. In a new book he shows what a neat and glittering weapon this common sense...
...football season always begins like a detective story. You know that one of these teams is going to commit a series of murders-but which? They are passed before your scrutiny, and for a while you are encouraged to suspect each in turn...
...Kate had caused to be heard, had been fraudulently perpetrated. Loose-jointed, she had created the sounds by loudly cracking, dislocating her knees and toes. Margaretta repeated this confession from many public stages. Bearing in mind that Margaretta was paid well for her theatrical engagements, convinced spiritualists today suspect more trickery in the confession than in the spirit manifestations...
...adage, "in times of peace, prepare for war," has a very generally recognized application to business. Veterans in U. S. business have been taught that unclouded economic horizons are deceptive, and that it is well to suspect business prospects which are intensely and 'completely favorable. After the past year of good business, with such new factors as tax reduction about to stimulate prosperity still further, many business leaders are pinching themselves to see if they are not engaging in lovely dreams. The outlook in some ways seems too good to be true...
...function is not to write the University catalog, although you may begin to suspect so. The little matter of review, which I have already mentioned, is in itself sufficient to prevent my filling that office. As to what my function may be, I prefer to leave the reader in doubt. Mere impressions, such as I have recorded here, may possibly have some value. But the masterful words of the professor in Property come back to me, and I quote them in conclusion: "Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Mr. Doe is drooling. Kindly draw the sheet over...