1.   You can only speculate at how Phoenix featherweight Louie Espinoza would have fared in the bout.

2.   At first police speculated a lone psychopath was responsible.

3.   In response to a question afterward, Minehan declined to speculate at what point falling unemployment could be expected to result in accelerating inflation.

4.   It may even be Muslim, he speculates at one point.

5.   It would be brash to speculate at this time about a Catskill renaissance, but the notion that one may occur is neither outlandish nor inappropriate.

6.   Until three years ago Autotote Corp. was better known to people who speculated at the race track than to those who wagered on Wall Street.

7.   He refused to speculate at what rate the lari would be issued relative to the dollar.

8.   Italian news media speculated at the time of the theft that it may have been an inside job because there was no sign of forced entry.

9.   The Belgian press speculated at the time that Israeli secret agents were involved in the killing.