Word: misstepped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...coalition did not give the Iraqis a chance to apply it. Once the air offensive began on Jan. 16, it became obvious that for the first time air power was going to play a decisive role in war. Again Saddam made a misstep: after losing 36 fighters to allied aircraft, fighters he sent aloft, he grounded his 800-plane air force and eventually dispatched 137 of his top-of- the-line combat and transport aircraft to sanctuary in Iran. Allied planes then flew 80,000 sorties virtually unhindered and lost only 36, dramatically fewer than the 200 the coalition command...
...right-of-center Republican Administration, Cheney may be the most conservative Cabinet member. As a Congressman, Cheney recalls with some pride, "I never voted against a weapons program." His only significant misstep since taking over at the Pentagon resulted from his ingrained distrust of the Soviet Union. He once speculated publicly that Gorbachev would not last long in Moscow. He jokes that he keeps a list of 10 actions that will prove that the Soviets have truly changed. Even though some of them -- like the unification of Germany -- have been fulfilled, the list always stands at 10. "Every time they...
...Briefing reporters on economic policy at Reagan's Santa Barbara, Calif., ranch, Bush refused to rule out new taxes to cope with a growing budget deficit. Headlines appeared the next day, angering Reagan aides. A few days later, news stories, quoting a senior official, blasted Bush for the misstep. Bush's aides fingered Darman as the source. Bush crossed him off his A list...
...birds. He stands among rhododendron, sword ferns and buckbrush, his body testimony to the perils of his work. The pitch of his chain saw screaming at 13,000 r.p.m. has left him hard of hearing, an upended log cost him part of his left foot, and a misstep impaled him on a stick that punctured his bowels. "All in all, I'd say I've been mighty lucky," says Page, and, comparing himself with those loggers who have lost a leg or even a life, he is right...