21.   Rival fund managers have speculated for the past several weeks that selling by Fidelity has contributed to the recent weakness in technology shares.

22.   Scientists have speculated for more than a decade that the inner core might spin independently of the rest of the planet and recently predicted it in some detail.

23.   Scientists have speculated for nearly a century that the Neanderthals practiced cannibalism.

24.   That transaction, which had been speculated for months, was completed yesterday in Geneva, Prost said.

25.   The Cowboys will make official today what has been speculated for months.

26.   The Giants on Wednesday made official what had been speculated for months when they cut defensive tackle Ray Agnew.

27.   The scientists hesitate when asked when their experimental uterus will be ready for human use, but others happily speculate for them.

28.   The roles the suspects are believed to have played in the bombing have been publicly speculated about for years.

29.   Trade publications had speculated for several months that Wren would be promoted to a top position at Omnicom so that he might eventually succeed Crawford as chief executive.

30.   Trade publications have speculated for months on who the heir apparent to Wax would be.