Sentences with phrase «killed by a mistake»

Would anyone really say that those killed by computer - driven cars have been harmed more than those killed by the mistakes of human drivers?

During the Vietnam war, when government officials talked of «regrettable by - products,» they meant civilians killed by mistake; «pacification» meant the forcible evacuation of Vietnamese from their huts, the rounding up of all males, the shooting of those who resisted, the slaughtering of domesticated animals and the burning of dwellings; «incursion» meant another invasion of another country; creating a «sanitized belt» meant forcibly removing all the inhabitants of the area being «sanitized,» cutting down the trees, bulldozing the land and erecting «defensive positions» with machine guns, mortars and mines.

-- and so a lot of native frogs have been killed by mistake — including endangered species — because people have thought they were cane toads.

Americans» health has plummeted ever since, and millions have been prematurely killed by this mistake... Making matters worse, genetically engineered soy oil, which is a major source of trans fats, can oxidize inside your body, thereby causing damage to both your heart and your brain.

But the belief that a career can be killed by a mistake is often terminal for a writer.

In all, more than 150 species have been killed by mistake by Wildlife Services traps, snares and cyanide poison since 2000, records show.

Not exact matches

If you do, use it as an opportunity to hone your instincts by noticing what mistakes you made that ultimately killed the idea.

I took off in it by mistake and nearly killed myself.

Recently, I shared 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups, an infographic created by Mark Vital over at Funders and Founders.

We expect just a bunch of people mostly living in a suburb in Northern California [to] safeguard U.S. elections in 2018, not cause ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, not help Duterte kill off people he doesn't like in Philippines, not kill off media companies by mistake in Serbia, and a few more.»

Twin Towers fall Muslims world wide cheer Muslims behead innocent people, Muslims say nothing Muslims kill their own with suicide bombs, Muslims say nothing Muslims use children in suicide attacks, Muslims say nothing Muslims use the mentally ill in suicide attacks, Muslims say nothing A few Quran get burned by mistake, Muslim world wide chant death to America Says all I need to know about Muslims...

A woman in Washington was killed by a gunman who mistook her car for another.

According to disturbing reports coming out of Nigeria, at least 70 civilian villagers were killed by soldiers from Cameroon who may have mistaken them for members of the radical Islamic...

Make no mistake, things would be much MUCH worse if we just gave it up as a lost cause... we would be putting «my life and families life in danger only then to be either killed myself or charged by police for taking action?

God is jealous, God is angry and we should fear Him / Her / It... and this whole deal about someone paying for my mistakes by letting himself be killed on a cross.

READ ALSO: Policeman killed over mistaken identity Spokesperson for the Ghana Armed Forces, Col. Aggrey Quarshie said «a high - powered fact - finding team led by the Chief of Army Staff is proceeding to the scene of the incident to ascertain the facts of the case.»

The deceased officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Batallion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra who was the commanding officer of troops on detachment duties in the area, was attacked and killed by a mob that mistook him for an armed robber.

Information reaching us indicates a police patrol team at Kintampo has allegedly shot and killed a fellow police officer by mistake, in a shootout with arm robbers.

Senator Bonacic is making a significant mistake in thinking that a «Kill Granny» bill would result in anything other than the promotion of suicide to treatable patients temporarily depressed by a recent terminal diagnosis.»

Buffalo businessman and political activist Carl Paladino hopes President Obama contracts mad cow disease after having intercourse with a cow and dies, while his advisor Valerie Jarret is killed by «a Jihady cell mate mistook her for being a nice person and decapitated her.»

Some police officers were mistakenly killed by police fire, who mistook them for armed robbers while others were also stabbed to death in line of duty.

January 25, 2008, Detective Christopher Ridley was shot and killed by Westchester County Police after being mistaken for a suspect in White Plains.

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole at the weekend killed 15 Boko Haram terrorists who were part of the group that relocated to Rann and caused the mistaken air strike by the Nigerian Air Force in Rann, on Tuesday.

In the summer of 2008, Calvo's home was the subject of a mistaken and violent drug raid during which his two black labs were shot and killed by members of a police SWAT team.

The announcement from Eric Schneiderman's office came Thursday morning, less than 18 hours after the man, identified as Saheed Vassell, was shot and killed on a street in Crown Heights by officers who mistook the pipe for a gun.

During the period, three police officers were mistakenly killed by police fire, who mistook them for armed robbers.

But the pair are pursued by an unpredictable posse who are set on killing both the outlaw and Isabella, who they have mistaken for a whore and accomplice to the outlaw.

They search everywhere for it, and are mistaken for a couple of hit men hired by an alcoholic womanizer (Willis, Twelve Monkeys) to «do» (i.e. kill) his wife (Moore, A Few Good Men).

This movie gives a unique insight of a girl who is left all alone, abused by her stepfather and killed her sister by mistake.

Soon they are set upon by the gnat - brained island sheriff (Bruce Willis) and the entire nine - member Khaki Scout Troop 55 from Camp Ivanhoe, all of whom fire deadly arrows and kill their pet doggie mascot by mistake.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a gruff CIA agent who suffers from PTSD and sees re-animated corpses at random moments is ordered to travel to the UK and hire Stanley Kubrick to film a fake moon landing that the American government can use in case the Apollo 11 mission turns out to be a tragic failure, only the agent (who is played by Ron Perlman, by the way) ends up giving a suitcase full of cash to a failed band manager and his perpetually stoned friend who looks a little bit like Stanley Kubrick, and those two idiots get robbed by the local mafia thugs right before Agent Ron Perlman realizes his mistake and threatens to kill everyone involved — and THEN the idiotic band manager (who is played by Rupert Grint, by the way) proposes that they all head off to film the fake moon landing with the help of a artistic hippie commune run by an egotistical dolt who can't understand why he can't put giant jellyfish on the moon.

Like Marc Lawrence and Laraine Day in the shoplifting drama «Think First» (1939), where nice girls lured into a ring of thieves suffer dearly for their mistakes, or Dwight Frye (Renfield in «Dracula») as an arsonist killed by his own firebug actions in «Think It Over» (1938), the latter an early film by future auteur Jacques Tourneur.

he shows up in a small Wyoming town looking for a job, gets mistaken by the sherriff for a hitman he had hired to kill his wife and soon the sherriff, the wife and the real hitman are all out to get him.

I agree with Hitt, McShane, and Wolf that it would be a mistake for policymakers to prematurely kill off initiatives such as these, which may be helping students in ways not captured by reading and math scores.

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Little, Brown • April 17 Rhodes joins the conversation surrounding police brutality and racial injustice with a story that follows a 12 - year - old boy named Jerome who is shot and killed by an officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real weapon.

I overheard Mr. Owney in the pub say that Pa was a drinker who'd killed Mam by mistake.

That's why you shouldn't go into this with the unrealistic expectation that a home inspector is going to save you from making a huge mistake by uncovering a deal - killing flaw.

These may be the ways people stay rich, but here is how they get rich: by spending less than they earn and investing the difference for a long period of time while avoiding the money mistakes that can kill your finances.

It wasn't until one of the dogs owned by Colonel Edward Donald Malcom, of Poltlloch, Argyllshire, Scotland was killed on the hunt after being mistaken for a fox.

«Santa Ana is making a deadly mistake by trapping and killing cats rather than humane care and control, including flea treatments if necessary.»

Even a small mistake made by your adult dog could harm / kill one of your tiny pups so go slow, praise her good behavior, let her set reasonable limits and if you are unsure find good local help to guide you.

Renegade: - Kill JC, Paul, Chad Dumier, Nicolette DuClare and Saman - Destroy JC's machine at the statue (Do not upload Aquinas to anyone as you may trigger another ending by mistake)

He kills a lot of innocent people by mistake, and obviously this brings in front a lot of guilt on her side.

And then Pucci, after making the world go so fast people no longer make mistakes, is killed by a ghost and the entire world essentially goes back to normal but everyone has different names.

By leaving Luna on the sidelines, and killing her for what seems to be the main purpose of making Noctis sad, Square Enix made a mistake.

But make no mistake, this is about killing whales for commercial purposes, something clearly prohibited by international law.

But to complicate things, not all of the killings might have been intentional (though we can't know for sure) because the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission authorized coyote hunting in the Red Wolf Recovery Area — including night hunting by spotlight — and it's possible that hunters might have mistaken some red wolves for coyotes.

If you've been hurt or a loved one has been killed by medical malpractice, then you need the doctor who committed the malpractice to tell the truth about the error or you need another doctor to testify truthfully against the doctor who made the mistake.

Our medical malpractice lawyers have seen too many people killed by surgical mistakes.

Three Incredibly Common LinkedIn Mistakes That Will Kill Your Results by @ianbrodie via @B2Community