Word: blundering
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...League season.”HARVARD 15, PENN 11Down 11-10 in the ninth, sophomore Sean O’Hara came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out, looking to deliver a sweep for the Crimson. The shortstop got the job done, but a base running blunder prevented a lead change. O’Hara grounded to Penn shortstop Derek Vigoa, who knocked down the ball but had no play—at least until sophomore catcher Tyler Albright was waved around from second and easily gunned down, leaving the score knotted at 11. Two innings later...
...reference was to a blunder by current Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76 that came when he swore in President Barack Obama two months...
...Bill Clinton named him Deputy Attorney General. Holder's decision four years later to facilitate a presidential pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich was a blunder, he later admitted. It revealed the danger that occurs when top officials forget that their job is not to accommodate political masters in the White House--an issue that dominated Holder's confirmation hearing...
...however. In the 1000-yard freestyle event, two of the Crimson’s top swimmers were disqualified for ending in the wrong lane. Meyer and senior Eric Lynch, who posted times good enough to claim the top-two spots in the event, were eliminated from scoring for this blunder.“That’s kind of a rookie mistake and slightly embarrassing,” Meyer said. “I just looked up the heat sheet and I was going to tell everyone what lane they were in and forgot...
...professional help. One frequent blunder even million-dollar-job seekers commit is deciding to write and edit their rsums without expert input. "Your labor is the most valuable thing you're going to sell," says Cenedella. "Would you have an amateur copywriter write copy for the most valuable product you have? Then why would you write your rsum yourself?" Those seeking solid counseling on the rsum front can get it through the Professional Association of Rsum Writers & Career Coaches or sites like ResumeWriters.com where a rsum overhaul starts...