Word: blundering
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...over and to build up unreasonable expectations. Things went so well the last time, but that only makes the pressure even greater. You have to live up to that great first impression, every nuance can suddenly turn self-conscious and, worst of all, you can finally make that big blunder that you miraculously avoided last time round. Beck's new album, Mutations, suffers from these post-success symptoms all over the place. Rather than depart too much from his established persona or strain too hard to maintain his position at the forefront of the electronica vanguard, Beck holds back like...
...when Edwin P. Hubble discovered in 1929 that the universe was expanding, Einstein was deeply embarrassed. For the remainder of his life, he referred to the cosmological constant as his "greatest blunder...
...BURTON Congressman calls the President "scumbag." Again, lucky Clinton is boosted by a critic's blunder...
Defense Secretary William Cohen has ordered a review of the entire case. But even before it is taken up, top Pentagon civilians are seething at the Army's public relations blunder and the demoralizing impact the handling of the case could have on the troops. "You don't let someone go until the inspector general has finished the investigation," says a senior civilian overseeing Pentagon personnel matters. Says Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon personnel chief: "It was stupid for them to let him out. There's no certainty they can get him back if they decide he needs...
...Biggest blunder: Watergate--only President in history to resign...