Speculation long abounded afterwards that the bid was hindered by Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe ; after a failed Vancouver-based business deal, he was quoted as saying that the city would not get a NHL franchise in his lifetime.

Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.

Speculation abounded that Ireland might make himself available for a call-up to the national squad to face Georgia on 11 February 2009.

Niven's essay " Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation " was published in the collection All the Myriad Ways In it he discusses the ideas that underlie his teleportation stories.

Speculation that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born by the method now known as C-section is apparently false.

Speculation exists that the character of Norman Dale was named for Norm Ellenberger, whose middle name is Dale.

Speculation that an extended jam session would be released either under the title Mechanical Bliss, or Naked in the Jungle, or Stiff Upper Lip, came to nothing, and Morrison's next album was A Period of Transition in 1977, a collaboration with Dr. John, who had appeared at The Last Waltz concert with Morrison in 1976.

Speculation exists that the South River Club's first clubhouse was built here.

Speculation has led to a romantic Indian myth ; to the mistaken belief that it was 96 miles to the nearest Cherokee settlement of Keowee ; to a counting of creeks crossing the main road leading from Lexington, S. C, to Ninety-Six, S. C .; to an interpretation of a Welsh expression, " nanty -

Speculation among listeners that the label could continue ceased when Reznor successfully sued co-founder John Malm for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty ( amongst others ), ensuring that the Nothing era was over, but the label would not cease to exist until 2007.

The random character of stock market prices was first modelled by Jules Regnault, a French broker, in 1863 and then by Louis Bachelier, a French mathematician, in his 1900 PhD thesis, " The Theory of Speculation ".

Speculation was rife at the beginning of 1989 about the possibility of Graf winning another Grand Slam.

Speculation has arisen that Carroll may have written the story using his own direct experience with episodes of micropsia resulting from the numerous migraines he was known to suffer from.

Speculation has it that Caldwell was chosen because of its close proximity to the original Bullard dwelling.

Speculation ended when Phyllis Grosskurth discovered the diaries of John Addington Symonds, who attended Harrow School while Vaughan was headmaster.

It was as the leading character in such plays as the Game of Speculation, My Awful Dad, Cool as a Cucumber, Patter versus Clatter, and Little Toddlekins, that he especially excelled.

Speculation was rife about Dudek's dissatisfaction with life at Real, and an end-of-season return to Feyenoord where he would work more closely with coach Leo Beenhakker – his former boss at Feyenoord and also at the helm of the Polish national team – was a possibility, but nothing materialised, and with former teammate Jordi Codina leaving to join Getafe CF, the 36-year old eventually accepted a new one-year deal to remain at the club, while also speaking about his contentment.

Speculation that Rutherford was secretly buried at Beth Sarim has been called " private rumor ", ' frequently disproven ', and " myth ".

Speculation was rampant during early summer of 2012 that Alfredsson would announce his retirement, but on July 31 he confirmed that he would be returning for his 17th season with the Senators.

Speculation surrounds the move, possibly because it was in secret.

Speculation suggests that Andersen was the illegitimate son of prince Christian Frederik ( later King Christian VIII of Denmark ), and found this out some time before he wrote the book, and then that being a swan in the story was a metaphor not just for inner beauty and talent but also for secret royal lineage.

Speculation has suggested that Harlow suffered a post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, following scarlet fever when she was young, which may have caused high blood pressure and ultimately kidney failure.

* Speculation by paranormal researchers that the so-called " starchild skull ", an abnormal human skull allegedly found in Mexico, was the product of extraterrestrial-human breeding or extraterrestrial genetic engineering, despite DNA evidence debunking such claims.

Speculation about Nazism and occultism has become part of popular culture since at least 1959.

Speculation that expansion to Middle Eastern markets was at least in part a chance to exploit the company's low profile and consequent lack of political connotations now inherent in the Coke – Pepsi struggle.

He is credited with being the first person to model the stochastic process now called Brownian motion, which was part of his PhD thesis The Theory of Speculation, ( published 1900 ).

Speculation at the time and in the years since has been fueled in part by media reports, military officials statements, and ATC recordings, including radar images and trails of debris ; particularly, trails of objects moving at high speeds.

Speculation mounted that he would move on in the summer of 1976, but instead he stayed at Anfield and became an integral part of the following season's triumphs.

Speculation for years was that Cermak had always been the sniper's real target, not F. D. R., the president-elect, in part because Cermak had allegedly, previously put a failed " hit " of his own out on Outfit frontman, at the time, Frank Nitti.

Speculation has persisted over the years that, although All the Young Dudes was released by CBS / Columbia Records, Mott the Hoople may have recorded part or all of the album while still under contract to their original label, Island Records – a situation that, if proven true, might give Island ownership rights to the recordings.

Speculation by historians has also centred on whether the British code breakers had decrypted several top secret Enigma messages that detailed the assassination plan.

Speculation suggests that as a result of Ford's plan to globalize their vehicles, SVT and the European RS division will merge, thus aligning all American and European performance vehicle activity together.

Speculation is that this induction will open the floodgates for the other overlooked " prog " bands.

Speculation that IBM would combine Informix with DB2, or with other database products has proven to be unfounded.

In 1967 Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Wiener published The Year 2000, A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years with contributions from other staff members of the Hudson Institute and an introduction by Daniel Bell.

Speculation in 2009 suggested that the new small Saab would be based on the Saab 9-X Biohybrid concept car shown at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show, and expected to compete with other premium small cars such as the Mini.

Note that two magazines are listed under multiple names: Zenith was renamed to Zenith Speculation and later to Speculation, while Algol was renamed to Starship ; no other nominated magazine has undergone a name change during the period the award has been active.

Speculation that Almases may be something other than legendary creatures is based on purported eyewitness accounts, alleged footprint finds, and interpretations of long-standing native traditions that have been anthropologically collected.

Speculation has fallen on a select number of fans, wondering if indeed Kaput is a native of Getaway, as he resembles the other natives greatly, in that he has a pale and fat body, with a crop of wild and unruly hair.

In this regard, SuperValu regards its major competition as being Tesco Ireland, Dunnes Stores, Eurospar and Superquinn ( Superquinn was bought by Musgrave Group which is the parent company of SuperValu, Speculation has begun on what will happen to the Superquinn brand ), rather than the other symbol groups.

Speculation arose that Greater Media would sell off 99. 5 WKLB-FM, as its Andover transmitter location provided poor overall coverage of the Boston market, in contrast to the company's other stations.