Speculation about his life and death continues among historians.

Speculation about the Blue Mountains Panther includes the theory that it is descended from either circus or zoo escapees, or is a descendant of a military mascot.

Speculation began about Wiley's identity, with Tom Stoppard, Frank Muir, Alan Bennett and Noël Coward all rumoured.

Speculation and fascination spark imaginations about the source.

* Speculation on what the rules were at BoardGameGeek. Com —" I think experienced game-players can make some reasonable judgments about what the rules probably were.

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

Speculation about his sexuality include rumors of an incestuous relationship with his elder sister, Mabel, who may have become pregnant by her brother and miscarried.

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 about the accident has therefore continued to the present day, particularly in Mozambique.

Speculation about the rings ' origin has been traced to Turkey, Egypt and the Middle East and as far back as the 1st century.

Speculation about Goldsmith's romantic life was a popular topic in the British media: for example, in the press, there were a number of claims that James Goldsmith was the illegitimate father of family friend Princess Diana, due to his friendship with Diana's mother, and later with Diana.

Speculation about animal intelligence gradually yielded to scientific study after Darwin placed humans and animals on a continuum, although Darwin ’ s largely anecdotal approach to the topic would not pass scientific muster later on.

Speculation about his future was rife in October 2009 when he was linked with a coaching position at one of his former clubs, Plymouth Argyle, abetted by his visit to Devon to promote the city's 2018 World Cup bid and his subsequent resignation on 17 October.

Speculation about life on Mars exploded in the late 19th century, following telescopic observation by some observers of apparent Martian canals — which were however soon found to be optical illusions.

Speculation about vice presidential possibilities ( besides Cheney ) included:

Speculation about foul play has never been substantiated.

* Speculation about his taking office or not as Comptroller, in NYT on November 9, 1906

Speculation about her future arose in 2004 after she criticised a speech by leader Don Brash.

:" The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin ; that he had no confederates who are still at large ; and that evidence was such that he would have been convicted at trial ... Speculation about Oswald's motivation ought to be cut off ... Unfortunately the facts on Oswald seem about too pat — too obvious ( Marxist, Cuba, Russian wife, etc.

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

Speculation about the name's origins have included the Greek for " from the womb ", and a handbag brandname.

Speculation bubbles and the type of herd behavior often observed in stock markets are quoted as real life examples of non-equilibrium price trends.

Speculation loomed whether this could possibly be the real reason, as trouble with tax authorities and the yakuza have also been speculated to play a role.

Speculation was the real reason for the closing was that ticket sales for Dunaway's engagement were not what had been hoped for and the producers feared the bad press from a financial and perhaps artisticlly struggling LA engagement would hurt the buzz for the upcoming Broadway opening.

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.

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 over the motives behind Operation Murambatsvina has pointed to the removal of local competition threatening newly arrived Chinese businessmen whose stores sell cheap and often poor quality goods.

Speculation that it is related to saturare, to satyr, or to za ' atar is not well supported.

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

Speculation is as fatal to it as secession is to the Union.

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

Speculation that CTS is work-related is based on claims such as CTS being found mostly in the working adult population, though evidence is lacking for this.

Speculation is the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short or medium term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable good such as a financial instrument, rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as capital gains, interest, or dividends.

Speculation is often associated with economic bubbles.

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

Speculation has it, this is due to the remote and isolated location of the province.

The name cannot be traced back much earlier than 1840, Speculation that it came from a Celtic word for torrent is unwarranted, nor is it believed to be related to the heah yfre ' high bank ' at the river mouth mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter.

Speculation on Zhou's arrest is centred upon high-level corruption in Shanghai, which may involve protégés of China's former president, Jiang Zemin.

* Speculation that, in 1547 – 8, Queen Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII, and her fourth husband Thomas Seymour were involved in a ménage with the future Queen Elizabeth, is probably exaggerated, although there were well attested episodes of sexually charged horseplay involving the three.

Speculation was rife that either the magazine is being sold, or that Hu is starting a new magazine.

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 on whether ' The Sword ' is D's sword or not is debatable.