They could drink too much or say the wrong thing or get in a fight.
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And the security forces, often under-funded, get things wrong: in February, the Philippines announced with great fanfare the detention of a terrorist holding no fewer than 104 passports, only to discover that he was a travel agent collecting visas for Muslim pilgrims.
And some people are self-absorbed, lack personal goals, associate with the wrong crowd in the wrong places, or constantly blame others for failing to get ahead in life, rather than taking the right steps to escape from this context.
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Rather than continuing down the start-finish straight, he drove a short distance in the wrong direction in order to get into the pits.
Today, every bit as much as in the civil rights struggles of the past, there are those who are prepared to go along with what they know is wrong, in order to get along.
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"We believe the comptroller's staff did him a disservice on some of the comments made in this report, which we think misrepresent or just totally get wrong some of the things that are in the budget, " Mr. Cuomo's budget director, Robert Megna, said in a conference call.
But although regulators and insurers both say they are aware of the risks and are taking steps to mitigate them mainly by setting aside pools of extra capital in case they get their sums wrong divining what the world will look like in 40 years' time must be more art than science.
Anything that creates alliances has got to be good even if we get the actual details wrong in the first place.
You've probably heard a lot in recent weeks about what's wrong with the business of lobbying, the favors lobbyists get in return for big donations to congressional campaigns and committees.
And that, if it was raining, or the wrong time of day, or if you were in the wrong neighborhood, you might just never get to eat?
Enough radiation in the wrong places you get sick given enough time, you die -burned to death from the inside by the atoms that make up your own body.
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Third-Way propagandists are keen to contrast the right-wing assumption that governments almost always get things wrong with their own belief in the possibility, at least, of successful state intervention.
Now don't get me wrong, we believe strongly in the future of the U.S. economy, but it does not take real men of genius to grasp the fact that there is the opportunity for greater wealth creation abroad than in the U.S. over the next decade or so.
How could Bloomberg and the New York Times, two of the largest and most well-respected publications in America, get it wrong?
When King asked Felt whether he felt he had done anything wrong in going outside approved channels to get information out, Felt was unequivocal.
Don't get me wrong, things are not perfect in Venezuela by any stretch, but no one can honestly deny that they are much better than before Hugo Chavez became president.
We know there are ways to wean people off high energy foods and to convert poor eating habits but we need to avoid any sense of social engineering in case we get this wrong.
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Ahead of the debate, Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to get his own policy on pensions wrong in an interview with BBC Radio 2 - suggesting the retirement age will move to 66 in 2018.
Financial subjects can be so complex that even those in the business sometimes get it wrong.
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Don't get me wrong, we still hate each other in sports but not in life.
That wall is quite close so if you get it wrong you're going to go in there.
Observers in the Western world get it wrong about why the government is consolidating industries like mining, steel and dairy.
In the event I get it wrong, I always know my exit strategy and have calculated and owned the risk that I take.
According to a recent study by researchers at Auburn University in Alabama, patients in the hospital may get the wrong drug 20% of the time.
In a day and age where the ability to think quickly and react gracefully is critical to the success of workers, businesses, and nonprofits, it is important not to get distracted by the wrong perception of what is in the way of success.
You can get off if the cops looked in the wrong car with the wrong warrant when they found your joint, but you have no recourse if owning the joint gets you locked up for life.
If your waiter tries to memorize all the orders at all the tables, you might get the wrong meal, and if your server is in a hurry, thai dipping sauce might be spilled on your new silk blouse.
Too often CMOs are overly wrapped up in the wrong ones, and the critical aspects get insufficient, or no attention.
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