A tactical error. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They also issued what they called a tactical alert. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2009] Reference
"There's a secular bucket, a cyclical bucket and what I call a tactical or trading bucket," he says. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
2 When referring to air defense systems, the term tactical can also apply to systems employed at the operational level. From Wordnik.com. [FM 100-61 Chptr 11 Air Defense Support]
Marketing exec #2: Sure! call it 'tactical' ... all those leftovers in the warehouse .... we can get rid of that overstock!. From Wordnik.com. [A Tactical Side-by-Side Shotgun?] Reference
And their concern in the military is that they get the kind of what they call tactical intelligence, battlefield intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2005] Reference
I fear they won't for short-term tactical reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
This is not a set of short-term tactical exercises. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Randall then lost time in what she called a tactical mistake. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. women post best-ever result in Olympic cross-country] Reference
Even from a short-term tactical point of view this is ridiculous. From Wordnik.com. [Assyrian International News Agency] Reference
It also seems potentially bad from a long-term tactical point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Explananda] Reference
On a short-term tactical basis, Goldman Sachs clearly has little to fear. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs: Too Big to Obey the Law] Reference
Obama is grownup enough to be playing for the long term tactical victory. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: Obama Is Right, His Critics (Right and Left) Are Wrong] Reference
• Thinks beyond short-term tactical needs to long-term strategic goals. From Wordnik.com. [Latest from Computerworld] Reference
But as a short-term tactical matter, as I said, it does seem to make sense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2004] Reference
Orange and Seminole counties both have similar units called tactical squads. From Wordnik.com. [WFTV.com - Local News] Reference
The tips that follow contain both short-term tactical opportunities to improve. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
In other words, regimes can make short-term tactical steps to strengthen its power. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
Our near term tactical goal is to be the fastest growing profitable storage vendor. From Wordnik.com. [Hardware Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Well, I think it is important to understand this not a short-term tactical exercise. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Now, the short-term tactical interests, if we start trading in inches for miles, we lose. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2009] Reference
And the opposition approaches question period with a view to short-term tactical advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
Bullets and bombs represent short-term tactical responses to a much larger strategic dilemma. From Wordnik.com. [MountainRunner] Reference
We must hope that this most recent GOP line in the sand is merely a short-term tactical mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Bhargava: How Broken is Washington?] Reference
Having the ability to manage short term tactical and longer term plans to achieve business targets. From Wordnik.com. [Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch] Reference
Yet investors should remain wary, as this would offer, at best, only a short-term tactical opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [FXstreet.com] Reference
Mossad assassinations provide Israel with a short-term tactical advantage by eliminating enemies, he said. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
"We continue to carry out high visibility patrols in the area while looking at longer term tactical solutions.". From Wordnik.com. [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference
I train tactical pistol: two center mass, regain the sight picture and take the shot if there is still a target. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of Gunfighting] Reference
He said executives are "more focused on short-term tactical issues" than making bigger decisions about outsourcing. From Wordnik.com. [Infosys Eyes U.S. Acquisitions] Reference
Welcome to the woo-woo war: The CIA has renewed their interest in tactical ESP -- "Remote Viewing" in defensespeak. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: November 11, 2001 - November 17, 2001 Archives] Reference
But it also just may be a short-term tactical victory, which may not contain the elements for a long-term victory for Iran. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2007] Reference
Instead, they must look at short-term tactical cost reductions within the context of longer-term strategic cost initiatives. From Wordnik.com. [BankTech - All Stories] Reference
The Iraqi leader only put his WMD programme "into abeyance" for short-term tactical reasons to end UN sanctions, Blair argues. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Put simply, President Bush's 2007 military escalation in Iraq has failed strategically despite some short-term tactical gains. From Wordnik.com. [Lawrence Korb: Virtue Out of Necessity: Bush Troop Decision Disingenuous] Reference
To do this, the doctrine requires that our troops accept high, short-term tactical risk in exchange for long-term strategic gain. From Wordnik.com. [Brave New Films blog] Reference
Our most strident partisans must learn to occasionally sacrifice short-term tactical political advantage for the sake of the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Moment of Truth] Reference
"You ... start almost immediately to turn the switch on from a shorter-term tactical focus to a longer-term strategic focus," he says. From Wordnik.com. [It's Intense at the Top] Reference
It is trying to force the U.S. to sacrifice a fundamental value such as supporting democracy in exchange for a short-term tactical gain. From Wordnik.com. [America Should Pick Georgia Over Russia] Reference
They play it with glee on the short term tactical publicity stunt - but long term people will begin to ask who and what this guy is about. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
While al-Qaeda will take advantage of short-term tactical positions it is noted for playing the "infinite game" rather than the finite one. From Wordnik.com. [Counterterrorism Blog] Reference
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