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Houghton's biggest mistake was his failure to realize how very vulnerable this near-monopoly had made the company.
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Many feel lessons had to be learnt from Vietnam, where some think the veterans were treated with contempt because they had the bad luck to fight in a war judged a mistake and a failure.
BBC: Obama's rhetorical balancing act
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Make no mistake, the fiscal failure is bipartisan.
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My biggest mistake may have been a failure to temper my style to the culture of print newsrooms, as clearly, there has been a contentious attitude between us from the day I walked in.
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This may include a simple mistake, a lapse in judgment or failure to exercise due diligence.
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Its critics mistake this for either timidity or a failure of vision, but this is farthest from the truth.
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And either there was a terrible failure of intelligence or a terrible mistake on the part of the administration to gather that intelligence and make the appropriate decision.
CNN: AllPolitics - Lake Hearing Transcript
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He never got a reply and believes his failure to pursue this question was his gravest mistake.
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Napolitano also discusses her biggest leadership crisis, and failure, including how she turned this messy mistake into a catalyst for interdepartmental reform.
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And a failure to meet our obligations would be a grave mistake that would have a grave impact on both the American economy and the global economy.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
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Another mistake of the Tahoe campaign, Neisser thinks, was the failure of Chevrolet to use the program to engage its critics by at least pointing to slow-but-steady progress on the gas mileage front.
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Mr Wright's mistake was not his anger at America's past sins but his failure to understand that the country is evolving beyond them.
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