The prosecution's most disastrous initial mistake was refusing to confine its case to evidence gathered at the scene of the crime.

The initial mistake, however, will have effects of two kinds.

As Place saw it, he had no good options once he realized his initial mistake.

He made an erroneous decision and in order to cover his initial mistake, he committed one wrongdoing after another.

It was difficult to ask her about the prospects of his getting a job there, because Clyde had made an initial mistake.

After learning from their initial mistakes, workers became more skilled with the building of ships.

Much can be traced to the initial mistake of dropping his jobs program.

The key is that Smith made initial mistakes and learned real lessons.

On the contrary, he sees the learning process positively as a process of disproving the initial mistake.

Her initial mistake had nearly killed them all.