Rather, it's a federal establishment that's increasingly paralyzed because of poor management and political second-guessing.
Boldness matters, and spending forever second-guessing yourself about details puts you out of step.
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In any case, it is making tech investing basically an extension of second-guessing German policy moves.
Understanding policymaking often involves second-guessing the wishes, intentions and rivalries within this small group of decision-makers.
This is one of those favorite parlor games where everybody is second-guessing and sending up trial balloons.
And, on the basis of interviews with several dozen villagers, there is no second-guessing who gets what.
Instead, excessive hype and public second-guessing by the policymakers have created a crisis atmosphere around monetary policy.
As president, he would work to support local police, "rather than constantly second-guessing local law enforcement decisions, " he added.
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At the risk of second-guessing this strategy, you have to wonder how long those two will retain favored status.
Chief SIZER: Well, I really don't think it's fair to put me in the position of second-guessing what happened.
But had the three newcomers not played well, Loew could have faced turmoil and second-guessing in the locker room.
Doctors and patients have not had a positive experience with outsiders second-guessing decisions.
Such cases traditionally have been dismissed under the so-called business judgment rule, which prevents judicial second-guessing of normal business decisions.
But in this era of diminished corporate chieftains, Sarb-Ox second-guessing and hectoring from corporate-responsibility preachers, will his views make any difference?
Mr. Obama's encounter with the reality of governing does not seem to have tempered his appetite for second-guessing past U.S. presidents.
In fact, though it is ungracious to say, a lot of the fun of this fun book is in second-guessing the editor.
Undoubtedly some of the politicians on hand will have some of their own ideas for plugging this leak, and plenty of second-guessing.
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In fact, they are intrinsically at odds, because investigating and second-guessing the system involves stepping back from the daily flow of data.
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When you start second-guessing everything, when you start playing with doubt ...
But beyond that minimum, second-guessing individuals' saving decisions is hard to justify.
Like with the recent "Factor" headlines, Fox has weathered plenty of second-guessing media coverage over the past several years of "Idol" panel changes.
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The 17.5 percentage point rise in bearish sentiment over the past two weeks shows that many investors are second-guessing their prior short-term outlooks.
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Knicks coach Mike Woodson sat Stoudemire for the final eight minutes on Sunday, prompting some serious second-guessing by New York's fans and media.
The subtleties of metaphor, the economy of vocabulary, the intelligence of rhyme mean little when your only interest is second-guessing the English examiner.
Then, the next day, I woke up at five in the morning again, second-guessing my decision, thinking I should have bought a different color.
Don Hershey, the nominal boss of Ohio Fresh, isn't talking, but he testified at the hearing that he was frustrated because DeCoster kept second-guessing him.
But anticipation and second-guessing is not enough to base the reprogramming necessary to reset the computers that receive and process millions of tax returns annually.
Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy.
It was a terrible number the worst in nearly a year that sparked a wave of political second-guessing and help tie up negotiations over the debt ceiling.
The second-guessing about Windows 8 has amplified the pressure on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who doesn't usually participate in the company's conference call about quarterly earnings.
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