Word: outguessed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gerhart will be trying to avenge an 0.2 second loss to Frink in the 200-free last year. but there is no certainty that they will be competing against each other in an event today. Both coaches will be trying to outguess the other as to which men will be used where...
...going to change our coverage a little bit for Dartmonth." Park said. "We'll be rushing, using double coverage, and changing back and forth from zone to man-to-man. We'll try to outguess Chasey." he added...
...combustion. The big oil companies - such as Gulf, Mobil and Texaco - work close ly with auto producers to devise formulas that will meet the specific needs of each engine, depending upon its horsepower and the climate in which the car is usually driven. Still, many motorists attempt to outguess the experts by using additives, which are usually made by companies other than the big oil firms. Motorists have the stuff poured into the crankcases of their cars, separate from the oil itself. Promoters of the additives promise that they reduce oil consumption, free sticking valves, make the engine run more...
...York Telephone is waging what one official describes as "constant guerrilla warfare" to outguess the vandals and thieves. The company has begun to introduce stronger coin boxes and armored cables on pay phones. To reduce privacy, some telephone booths are gradually being replaced by open telephone stands in high-risk areas. Last month the company started sending out a "flying squad," whose 102 members patrol by foot, motor scooter, truck and station wagon to track down out-of-order coin phones. It used to take an average of four days to spot a broken phone; now the company claims that...
Trying to outguess that uncertainty can be particularly frustrating to small investors. Why, for example, when a company announces higher earnings, does its stock so often go down? In their jargon, brokers and analysts say that they have already "discounted" the news-meaning that they anticipated it and "sold on the news." An investor might also think that market averages will fall when other small investors sell more stock than they buy. In fact, markets often go up because professionals figure that small "odd-lotters" overreact and are generally wrong...