Sentence examples for initial miscalculation from inspiring English sources

He said he believed that the military was pressing ahead as part of an unwise effort to save face over its initial miscalculation.

That references to Mr. Gingrich have so suddenly vanished from the Clinton campaign lexicon suggests an initial miscalculation by Mrs. Clinton and her advisers.

That initial miscalculation, which led to the decision not to draft a quarterback in the spring after deciding they were done with McNabb — Washington took linebacker Ryan Kerrigan with the 16th overall pick — sent the Redskins back to the drawing board.

According to Weiner, being part of a hyper-growth company is "like being a rocket in space". Just a slight initial miscalculation in strategy can become a serious problem further down the road.

It also reflects what Mr. Lazio's aides say were some miscalculations in his initial approach to upstate, in particular the assumption that Mrs. Clinton would not be received well north of Westchester County.

Instead, he has come in for blame as well, both for his role in the miscalculations of the initial efforts and, at the New York Fed, for being complicit in failing to counter abuses that gave rise to the credit crisis.

And the Bush administration has been forced to fend off criticism that the government's initial response was disorganized, particularly the miscalculations by the Postal Service and health officials about how easily the anthrax could seep out of sealed envelopes.

Investors, many of whom recently bought shares in Interbrew's initial public offering, punished the company for that miscalculation by shaving 4 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in market capitalization off the company.

What's striking about the role that won Rylance his first Oscar from his first nomination is that, at the movie's initial screenings, even his most devoted fans feared that he had made a disastrous miscalculation.

Soon thereafter, Nixon made two fateful miscalculations: He appointed another special prosecutor to replace Cox, and he turned over an initial batch of tapes, including one that vividly incriminated him.

April's trade figures were revised up at the beginning of June because of a miscalculation of oil exports, before being revised down again slightly at the end of the month to finish above initial estimates.