After a few early blunders, his skill in getting things done there won him the grudging respect of at least some of his colleagues in the Kremlin.

Casilla atoned for his earlier base-running blunder by hitting a ground ball through the right side of the infield.

Collet had been blessed with a chance to redeem his skepticism and earlier blunders.

Some budget experts say Mr. Bloomberg made a strategic early blunder by lavishing kind words on labor.

Meanwhile, the natural forces on the planet Vogsphere had been working overtime to make up for their earlier blunder.

Still, the image of his earlier blunders never completely died.

At Adept and many other robotics companies anxious to avoid repeating the industry's early blunders, salesmen go through periodic training courses.

Then he needs to either explain more fully or apologize for an earlier blunder.

Thanks to an early blunder by Fleisher, Irwin wasted no time in overcoming a two-stroke deficit.

The endorsement comes as the Ferrer campaign appears to be bouncing back somewhat after a series of early blunders.