Instead he apparently decided to take matters into his own hands and, at best, made a serious error.
Nevertheless, the board found "that the incident was regrettable and reflected a serious error of judgment, " the IMF said in a written statement.
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The Japanese emphasis on face-saving then meant the bank could not reverse the policy once it became clear that a serious error had been made.
Not everybody gets it the first time, but he is terrific and he's a very nice guy and I think anyone who makes the mistake of thinking that his cordiality or softness is making a serious error because he's one tough kid.
Instead, a spokesperson says, the error was the result of a "serious editorial error" on the part of Rx Communications.
An urgent investigation is under way by the council which has admitted a "serious error of judgment".
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called the decision to apologise a "serious error", Israeli news site Walla reported.
Ryan was subsequently suspended by McLaren due to a "serious error of judgement".
It would be a serious strategic error for President Bush to allow such affronts to American sovereignty to go unchallenged.
Not noting this in the original report (nor, to be honest, in the current suggestions) seems to be a serious logical error.
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In this there is a slight misunderstanding, which in many cases which have come under our notice, leads to a very serious error.
After months of congressional investigations, the Justice Department had acknowledged that its agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, made a serious tactical error in allowing guns to be purchased by straw buyers and then smuggled across the border to drug cartels.
The Obama Administration is not going to build a Death Star and I do not have a problem with that but the Obama Administration is also refusing to fund a second development air-frame for the Boeing anti-ballistic missile laser battle station and that I regard as a serious policy error.
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"Universal health care" was neither already established nor inevitable, and we thought the foundation had made a serious philosophical and strategic error in accepting rather than disputing the left-liberal notion that the provision of "quality, affordable health care" to everyone was a proper role of government.
The app lets you know what the error code means and if it's a serious problem, it'll bring up a map of nearby auto shops along with their Yelp ratings.
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The exception would be when "a national court has manifestly made an error in its interpretation of the convention", or if the case "raises a serious question about the way the convention is interpreted or applied".
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With a question mark hanging over the pilot of SQ006 at Taipei, any suggestion of pilot error usually comes with serious legal consequences.
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