We golfers, it turns out, are bad at assessing the state of our skills.
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But companies are notoriously bad at evaluating their stock price, and tend to badly mistime buybacks.
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In addition these models are especially bad at predicting sudden changes or tipping points.
The latter is a real possibility, because many consumers are notoriously bad at math.
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Are things really so bad at Ford that they have let the British take charge?
If things look bad at the beginning of 2013, there should be reassessment of fiscal policy.
We all know the importance, but why are so many still so bad at it?
And, precisely because it is such a restricted and secretive market, it is bad at price-setting.
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And so I'd always been really bad at "Guitar Hero, " but they had "Guitar Hero" there.
Rather than make one machine that was bad at everything Apple made two machines.
One reason is that Mexico is still bad at educating its least favoured children.
It makes collaboration on projects vastly easier, and that's something the government is notoriously bad at.
The situation is particularly bad at Komercni, the largest bank, which is 49% state-owned.
Small Asian firms are notoriously bad at international marketing, something a website makes simpler.
The stench was especially bad at night when they camped near their newly dug latrines.
In the past, Silverstone has been notoriously bad at overtaking but the changes will make it better.
The awkward squad tends to despise conventional diplomacy and public relations, and is therefore bad at them.
He is also bad at the crucial job of building bridges with the leaders of Europe's governments.
Worse, the agency has become a bureaucratic behemoth that is bad at helping job-seekers in today's market.
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Since we are surrounded by uncertainty, it seems odd that people should be so bad at assessing probabilities.
But for all his technocratic talents, Mr Martin has been bad at focusing on anything since becoming prime minister.
Have you ever wondered why Congress is so spectacularly bad at solving problems?
We alcoholics and former alcoholics have proven ourselves to be very bad at turning down the opportunity to drink.
So far we can conclude that Google is pretty bad at naming things.
This is part of why people are bad at pitching, bad at freelancing.
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But conventionally episodic TV drama is by no means bad at doing this.
It's not that grandmothers are inherently bad at picking gifts or that age somehow robs them of good judgment.
"It's not that bad at all, " said 47-year-old Alicia Aldrete, who was out walking her dog in Madison, Wis.
The American pension-fund industry has been particularly bad at understanding these long-run fundamentals.
But Americans are notoriously bad at dealing with rationing of any sort, let alone rationing of private health care.
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