Word: blundered
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...merely evidence of a brisk desire to keep the decks cleared by moving sold commodities along. At the trial, Lloyd produced car bons of several documents substantiating his side of the story and contended that the Rothkos' arrival in New York was caused by the blunder of someone in the Paris museum ("I'm not responsible for the French government making a mistake"). Other discrepancies of documents and dating, said Lloyd, were the fault of "stupid secretaries...
...overwhelming decision by the Medical faculty in March to restore pre-clinical training to the Basic Scientists wiped out what most considered a five-year blunder...
Then the opposition made a blunder of its own. Sensing Whitlam's embarrassment over the Gair affair, it attempted to use its Senate majority to bring down the government. Recklessly, it decided to vote down a money-supply bill essential for the day-to-day workings of the government...
...telling point. There were immediate charges that the report was a whitewash and Elazar was being made a scapegoat. The Tel Aviv daily Yediot Aharonot declared that both Premier Meir and Dayan were "full partners in the blunder," and should resign. The most serious threats came from within the ruling Labor Party. Deputy Premier Yigal Allon, who was upset by the humiliation of his old comrade-in-arms Elazar, told Knesset colleagues that Dayan must go. There were rumors that Allon would back up his demands by threatening to resign himself...
...formulas aren't there any more and these people have to get by without any until new ones take their place," McCleery explained. "They have to remember the old joke about how porcupines make love," he added whimsically. "They do it very carefully." In Hardesty Park Roger and Pat blunder their way into a more balanced rapport, pricking each other with their quills in the process. By the end of the play McCleery offers an optimistic perspective on marriage. Egos remain intact, the puncture wounds have closed, and the couple settles down to a blissful future in Eden...