Word: second-guessing
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...when he first saw Wilson, and was soon as fervent a disciple as any other liberal of his years. To make a living, Mark had to sacrifice progressive principles for profiteer practice. He suffered liberally, but lived royally by his ability to second-guess the stock market. He also discovered that helping people didn't pay. For trying to save a ship which went down, he got only abuse...
...holler for Mack's scalp are wasting their breath; he owns a majority of the club's stock, and has no intention of firing himself. His son Earle is "captain and coach" of the A's, but Connie himself runs the team. When people try to second-guess him, he utters one of his strongest oaths: "Gracious...
...have confidence in you, we would not send you. We will not second-guess you. We will go along with you, or we will bring you home. go on, now; and don't get us into trouble!" No Timesman's dispatch is cut except for space reasons, ever materially changed except for the necessary addition, by the paper's twelve cable copyreaders, of "ands" and "thes" (left out of cables to save tolls...
What Was Wrong? Like a bridge player down two on a grand slam, doubled and redoubled, Adolf Hitler was obliged to second-guess the play of his hand, and make the best of his mistakes...