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But last week quidnuncs had learned enough details to prove that the Administration has under consideration a vast new program of planned prosperity.

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At week's end the Russians themselves provided an unexpectedly fast answer for the quidnuncs.

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Few political quidnuncs failed to agree that he had chosen the more astute choice.

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On dull days, when there was nothing else to decide, Washington quidnuncs often decided that he was the king-sized nucleus of a new Brain Trust.

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When the filly did not appear in the Thousand Guineas the quidnuncs, the how-nows, and the what-nots of the turf said she had wintered disappointingly and that she would never be seen in the Oaks.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

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