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So, we just went through a process of trial and error to get it to do what we wanted. Next time, we'll make the engine more fire-like.

Defensively, we didn't help our pitcher out. She made a lot of nice pitches and we either made an error or made a mental error and we just have to work on that. It's early in the season.

I've never been under the illusion that everybody on death row is innocent - far from it. My own guess is upwards of 90 percent are guilty. But a ten percent error rate if that's what it is, or even five percent, is really way too high.

Audrey (starting pitcher Decker) had a a rough start. She should have been down 1-0 instead of 4-0 at the end of the second. An error cost us three runs.

Bad service is something everyone can relate to -- we've all had an experience with an obnoxious employee or had to call to correct an error on a bill. What we often can't relate to is the great way a company recovers from a service failure and wins our future business.

That's mainly an instance in which the telephone company hooked us up to the wrong number or a clerical error here gives us the wrong number,

As deep as their outfield was playing there, you've got to take a shot to score there. I'd rather make an error of aggression than passivity.

As good an offense as ours, we're going up against (one) so there's less margin for error than there has been. I'll be ready.

A lot of people made the assumption that it was in the bank, but it wasn't. I thought Jeremy handled the pressure extraordinarily well. His run was quite good, he just made a little error and it ended up costing us.

They put the ball in play against us. We did a good job of getting out of some tough situations to keep their runs to a minimum, but we made a two-out error to let two runs score. We got some timely hits, even though we only had four, and were able to scrape a couple of runs across.

People shouldn't do it, including me. I wish I hadn't done it. It's in poor taste...People have a lot of information about themselves but staying objective is difficult. That's the trade-off in editing entries about yourself...If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.

Prescriptions going to consumers is like money going to consumers. The margin for error is zero.

Error is just as important a condition of life as truth

Error moves with quick feet and truth must never be lagging behind.

Error moves with quick feet and truthmust never be lagging behind.

There's no trial and error - this is a science. They study this day in and day out.

There's no margin for error when you play them. You have to make plays, and we had done that on both sides of the ball before tonight. It's tough to consistently move the ball on them. We didn't handle their tackles at all.

There's no room for error now. We've got to go out every night focused and not let up. And we've got to get that level of play from everyone.

To say simply, we've now instituted this process -- well, why? Why was the process changed if there wasn't an error made in the first place?

We also only made one error and we want to continue that type play. Reducing our errors this season has been an area of concern for this team.

We got in trouble in the second game when we served out too many times. Then we made a rotation error that cost us a point and we couldn't recover. When our serve was in, it was very good.

We did not order this book. It was shipped to us in error by one of our distributors,

We believe it may have been intentional but we haven't determined whether it was a case of human error or a deliberate act. When we have major maintenance work being done, in addition to our own employees, there are many contract workers who come in to support that. We believe some of these people may have left the area ... and may have information that would assist in the investigation.

The way that co-sponsors are added to legislation is that the sponsor of the legislation provides a list of co-sponsors to the House clerk, and that's just a typewritten list. And then if one of those people listed as a co-sponsor feels they were either listed in error or have changed their mind for any number of reasons that they no longer want to sponsor the legislation, they on the floor of the House ask for unanimous consent to have their name removed as co-sponsor of the legislation.

The White Sox (early 60s) are rightly called the 'Hitless Wonders' -- their idea of offense is a walk, an error and a hurricane.

The whole day we were behind the whole time. We're just finding ways to lose which is really frustrating as a coach. We're not pitching very good at all, and we're not getting that timely hit. We make an error at the most inopportune time. Right now everything is going against us.

This flaw is not as critical as some because it can only be exploited on the local network and even if it is compromised, the error would only be able to crash the server, not expose the data or put information at risk. Basically, someone on the local network could crash the machine running the software. It doesn't allow for any kind of actual access to the machine or to the data.

This course is very tight. The margin for error is so small here.

The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.

This is a case where the Bush administration doesn't need to spell out what they did and why they did it. It's as plain as a wart on the nose of a Miss America. Any attempt by Bush's spokespeople to present this as anything other than an admission of error will be laughed out of the public square.

In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last

After the last practice session yesterday we made the fatal error of adjusting something on the car and I didn't get my brake bias back to where it needed to be. I spun on the first lap and almost spun on the second lap so I spent the qualifying session adjusting my brake bias.

In both those cases, I think they are an error of judgement, and both those people are back in their own work and I think that's probably sufficient to deal with those matters.

I'm happy that we got another quality pitching performance. The offense came alive and there's a 0 in the error column. If we don't get in our own way this team has a chance to do good things. Today was an example of them putting all three facets together and we came out with a good result.

I made an error and kept compounding things with another to the point my confidence was a bit shot by full-time.

I made an error in judgment hoping to avoid any negative consequences concerning my position with the Utah Jazz. I should have told the truth.

In retrospect, that was a big error in our thinking.

In order to receive a refund, your tax return must be filed within three years of its due date. And if you file a return, and later realize you made an error on the return (and are owed money), the deadline for claiming any refund due is three years after the return was filed, or two years after the tax was paid, whichever expires later.

In our market, for instance, you look at the risk factors involved, and the fact that the margin of error is smaller for us to be successful, and it's very important.

In the first inning, they'd make an error and we'd get a hit and score a run. It's something we've been needing to do all year: make people pay for making errors.

I had all my pitches, I had good stuff. But these guys played great and I didn't do it for them. I'm a Friday night guy, and that's my bad. It's a margin of error I can't slip past.

If we thought for one minute it was anything more than an error of judgment, rest assured we would have taken action.

I kept at it. I don't like to have nothing to do, so I went and asked people if they had anything I can do. I would learn different things. It's been a good career. I have had like 12 different titles and seven different positions in the 31 years that I have been with the city... Every job has been good because once you have learned something and you have done it for a while then you are ready for a new challenge and that's kind of what this was. Finance Director has been a good challenge for me and I've learned a lot. I did not know a lot about it when I got the job. It's kind of the way it was in just about everything. It's kind of trial and error and you learn. You learn from your mistakes and go on. It's been great though.

Still later that night, ... another series of confusions took place -- including what at this juncture appears to be a very significant computer error made by the Volusia County Elections Department -- which led to another series of bad calls by television networks and newspapers across the nation.

The biggest mistake in my life was hiring Eaton as chairman without checking him out first, ... I didn't know him and hired the wrong guy, an error of judgment. When you make a bad people choice it hurts a lot of people for a long time.

That is such a huge level of fraud and error and waste that we believe the (IRS) should be overhauled now,

Not only was our hitting so much better, but everything else was too. We committed only one error all night, and Curtis threw a great game to get the win.

Not just human error was involved. There may have been malfeasance.

It's tough. I feel worse for my family and my crew than I do for myself. It was driver error on that one. I've got to keep it out of the garbage. There is an edge out there (outside the second groove of racing), and I drifted up after passing the lap car. You get two tires in there (loose rubber, or marbles as it's called), then four tires in the garbage and there is nothing you can do.

No matter what the error was or the problem was, it didn't phase us. We continued to roll and play our game. It didn't matter. We just stayed focused and played.

It's nearing the end of the year, and fatigue played a part. Two, they were trying too hard at times. The defense would make an error and start to press. In this league, starting pitching is the key because of the bullpens.

Do not be misled into error and loss. The time will soon come when this huge building or even vaster ones will be too small for the gathering of those who are called to this place.

Do I believe our margin for error is tiny? Yes, it is tiny. Can we survive injuries like the larger market teams? No, we can't. But if you're a competitive person, you have to believe you can win to do this job.

It's great. I like the way it is now. You have to have room for error to make mistakes to be better next time around.

Exit polls are highly accurate. They remove most of the sources of potential polling error by identifying actual voters and asking them immediately afterward who they had voted for.

So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.

The faster the memory goes, the less room there is for error in a system like the Xbox 360.

The fact we made only one error is not bad for a Spring Training game.

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The kids hit the ball well and extremely hard. We played another error free game.

That's a three run error on the umpire.

That's an incredibly low error rate, given the amount of price changes that take place in a single department store. It's nothing for retailers to be ashamed of.

It's vital. It's gonna be our season, ... We have to play better than everyone else. Our margin of error is not like other teams.

In terms of practical things you need to do when filling out your return, just double-check your numbers, especially the Social Security numbers for you, your spouse and your dependents. That was the biggest error last year, either missing or incorrect Social Security numbers.

I just don't understand. You stop all the shots and then at the end you commit a beginner's mistake. This type of error happens just once in a lifetime.

I hope Congress stands up and says there was an error made, in order to preserve our constitutional responsibility, we will go back and re-enact this legislation and this time we won't fudge.

If you make any error in your report, you will have to take responsibility for it, ... I never said that I appointed him. I never meant this. But you forced me to answer to you whether I support him or not. He is the chief executive. How can we not support the chief executive?

In these compliance and corporate governance situations it's up to the chief security officer to monitor what's going on in their environment. The process becomes error prone, and it's not real-time.

I just see a guy that's a football player, that has outstanding ability, who's trying to be as good a player as he possibly can, ... We're trying to get him to a point where he understands what we want. You want that kind of person, someone who cares so much, when they do make an error they feel accountable to the whole team.

In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it's trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people.

He started off rough. But he settled down after that and gave us some good innings. We swung the bats well and only made one error so it was a good effort for us.

He's really responded about like Jeter did 10 years ago. When Derek would make an error or make a play on the base paths which wasn't the right play, it never really affected him ... It looked like a breaking ball away from him and he went out and got it and was able to rake it over the fence. That was huge.

Clearly there was an error made, and there were some shortfalls in processes that you would hope would catch it. The safety nets were not there.

Generally, in hospitals, there is some morbidity and some mortality that results from giving the wrong medicine to the wrong patient. Our error rate wasn't very high versus peer hospitals, but this is an area where you don't want any errors.

There was an error on our part in approving and reviewing the ballots.

They work. Human error caused the current situation and human error should not triumph over governing documents.

They beat us because we made an error back there around the goal, ... It was the goalie's ball, but we all made mistakes. Hopefully, we can come back and get a win Tuesday.

They beat us because we made an error back there around the goal. It was the goalie's ball, but we all made mistakes. Hopefully, we can come back and get a win Tuesday.

It was human error made by the animal-care staff person.

It was nice for our pitchers to be able to breathe, and give them more margin of error to work with.

It's a massive game. It's probably the most important game that we've played all year long. We really now have no margin for error at all. So we've got to go on the road and play well and we really need to win. There's really no ifs ands or buts about it. We really have to go and play well and win a game, which we're certainly capable of doing.

It was a clerical error in the transcription of numbers.

It was a comedy of errors, ... She's definitely a good player but I don't think she came out there and beat me. I just kept making error after error.

Any of those races that hinge on a real or alleged error could throw us into the same kind of electoral overtime that we first saw in November 2000.

An error on the part of poll workers pressing the wrong button to activate voting machines prevented many from voting in the Democratic primaries.

An error started the inning and then we give up an infield single. Then before you know it, it's 6-0.

As far as I'm concerned, the case is closed. I want everybody to remember who made the factual error and refused to correct it.

Any emerging technology should find its way into the market by the trial and error of multiple solutions. Early in a market's development, companies whose proprietary solutions don't rely on external integration are often more successful than those that must agree with other players in the sector.

After reviewing Wednesday night's game film with members of my staff, I would like to apologize on behalf of UM Athletics for a critical scoring error that occurred late in the contest.

A very popular error -- having the courage of one's convictions; Rather, it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions.

The bottom line is that automation lowers the risk of human error and adds some intelligence to the enterprise system.

A gross and palpable error of the era that is just closing has been the confusion of mechanical and material progress with moral progress.

The first time that I tried that with Wit, the little button that says 'place conditional offer,' you get a server error when you click that. I kept trying, about four or five hours later, I came back online and I got in, but I got a note a few days later when the IPO came out saying I wasn't soon enough on the list.

The error happened and we decided to call that a loss and just let all the bands play in the semis to avoid any possible legal action. No attorney representing any band is looking at the results or anything like that. Everyone is happy with the decision. This has happened many times before and has even reached the courts. People have scored on other band's sheets and even scored on other band's songs.

The error helped out tremendously, but that's what you have to do, take advantage of another team's mistakes.

The margin for error for us is nonexistent. You have to really be great in all areas and playing at the highest (levels) in all areas. There were some things that happened that were mistakes that can't happen on the court. From a coaching standpoint, those things are part of the game and one of the things that makes it so difficult.

The margin for error on this issue is practically nonexistent. You can never spend enough on security for the petroleum industry in Saudi Arabia. One error will have global repercussions.

The margin of error for them is minute.

The margin of error is small in a playoff game. Everybody has to play well. And every once in a while, one game comes down to one play. You never know when it is, or what play has to be made, but you have to try to do your job when it comes to that.