Mowbray said it was an individual error that cost Celtic dear, the goal coming after a pass from Stephen McManus went astray.

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Hull showed the greater endeavour and desire in the opening stages, but their their opening goal was very much a result of individual error rather than attacking brilliance.

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Without margins of error for individual readings, there was no way for the Harvard researchers to compute a margin of error for their overall findings.

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The real issue, though, is that any individual can make a simple error.

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Worse, if an individual is doing something incorrectly but with the best of intentions, it is unlikely that the individual will discover his own error.

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Then he learned, by trial and error, that he was best suited to connect the quirks of individual psychology with big-picture social dynamics.

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The truth is that, out of all the major sports, football is the most team-oriented and so it causes individual player evaluations more of an art than a science which leaves greater margins of error.

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Wells Fargo's revised policy takes back unpaid compensation awards in the event of misconduct, material error, failure to supervise or in the event the company or an individual executive's business group has a material downturn in financial performance or failure of risk management.

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With the introduction of debit cards, money could be withdrawn from personal accounts instantaneously, leaving the individual little recourse in the event that the product or service was unsatisfactory or a billing error had occurred.

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