Having invested heavily in gas-fired stations, only to find themselves locked into an increasingly expensive fuel, they do not want to make another mistake.

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Another terrible mistake was not passing a bill that would have mandated total regulation of the subprime mortgage industry.

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Not aligning client and agency interests and priorities is another mistake.

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Having been given another chance, the company is not going to make the same mistake twice.

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Another is Sunderland fans need to hope that Short has not made the fatal but often repeated mistake of confusing passion with competence.

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Since then, for HP it has been one mistake after another, which makes me wonder where the company might have been if Hurd was not forced out.

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