Word: second-guessing
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...game statistics will be logged directly from courtside into the data-crunching network used by TV broadcasters. Perhaps the most useful innovation is the "Hawkeye" system that determines where a ball will land based on its trajectory. IBM and the BBC insist that they're not out to second-guess official calls - as if a mere machine could stop the John McEnroes of the sport from yelling at the line judge. - By Jim Ledbetter Feel Lucky? Fat Chance One-armed bandits often seem to have more than one leg up on Lady Luck. Now British advocacy group FairPlay says...
...would not presume to...second-guess the motives or judgments of individuals in that difficult time,” Gagnon wrote. “It seems clear, however, that Harvard took an action in the case of Mr. Ginger that many thoughtful people today, looking back, would not find appropriate...
...Right after September 11 happened, he got all his bags ready in case he was called. He would never second-guess his being a marine, and he’s proud to do it,” she said...
...visiting Vietnam, the country existed as some abstract place that belonged to my mother. But now I know a part of it is mine. When my friends ask, “What are you ever going to do with that class?” I don’t second-guess my intentions. I’ll return to Vietnam and speak with those children, with the market-goers who knew my family before they were mine, and wade through fields of grass toward Ông Ngoai’s grave. I’ll stare at his picture...
...part of President Bush's war on terror, not only to help free the Burnhams but also to assist in Manila's pursuit of kidnapping gangs like Abu Sayyaf and fundamentalist Muslim separatist groups with links to al-Qaeda's web of terror. Washington was in no mood to second-guess the Philippine army's efforts. "The Burnhams have not been well, and they lived in captivity a long time," said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "It seems to me that the attempt to save their lives was understandable...