After all, at least he did not repeat his mistake after an 11-year-long opportunity to study and learn the fatal error of his ways.

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The decision to compete in the Iowa caucuses -- despite a cautionary internal memo counseling her to skip the contest -- may have been one fatal error.

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This tiny error proved fatal, because Mars Climate Orbiter was supposed to pass over the planet's surface at an altitude of 140km.

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It was the worst of both worlds as a fatal passivity was perceptible when, ironically, an admission of error could have communicated a corporate fiber of sterner stuff.

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