Sentence examples for tactical misstep from inspiring English sources

And this book's structure as oral history is a tactical misstep.

"If they were confident, why would they need to court the leader of another party?" He added: "It is a tactical misstep on the part of the DA.

Center-right opposition leaders fiercely criticized the action as both a violation of Austrian sovereignty and a tactical misstep that would backfire by heightening Mr. Haider's popularity.

But another popular beverage, tap water, has no such support -- a tactical misstep that has left it vulnerable to aggressive competitors like the Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola offered a glimpse of its battle plan against tap water in an article on one of its Web sites headlined "The Olive Garden Targets Tap Water & WINS".

That said, one tactical misstep doesn't undermine years of invaluable work.

The tactical missteps by the town's police leadership have been a thing to behold.

His tactical missteps should not mean that his motives are less than sincere.

Former aides to Mr. Kerry point out that he did oversee a huge, if temporary, campaign operation in 2004, which, though criticized for tactical missteps, was not viewed as poorly managed.

Obama survived these early tactical missteps and won re-election by a strong margin, but he opened the door to the initiation of austerity policies well before the country had reached anything approaching a secure recovery, policies that a substantial number of economists believe hindered the creation of new jobs.

Mr. Pataki, a shrewd politician who has dominated every budget debate since he came into office in 1995, lost control of this one in stunning fashion, with a series of political miscalculations and tactical missteps, according to interviews with legislative leaders, administration officials, union leaders and legislative aides involved in the negotiations.

Mayor Koch generated more than his share in the late 1980's when he embarked on a strenuous campaign against the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the Democratic primary, then made a series of tactical missteps following the death of Yusuf K. Hawkins, a 16-year-old African-American who was set upon by a crowd of whites in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn.