Word: errors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration swiftly tried to defuse the crisis, minimizing its significance. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger characterized the attack ; as a "single, horrible error on the part of the Iraqi pilot" who mistook the frigate for an Iranian tanker. Iraq's President Saddam Hussein promptly sent an apology to the U.S. "I hope this unintentional incident," he wrote, "will not affect our relations and the common desire to establish peace and stability in the region." The Iraqis also agreed to pay compensation to the families of the victims and reparations for damages to the $180 million ship...
FOOTNOTE: *The findings are based on a telephone survey of 1,014 adult Americans conducted January 19-21. The potential sampling error is plus or minus...
...also noticed some very large dents in the chain-link backstop surrounding the throwing circle. One little error in concentration makes the thrower misjudge his self-made centrifuge and commit an illegal throw...
TIME regrets the error...
Harvard added three runs in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk to Dan McConaghy, an error and a wild pitch...