1.   He muffed his chance for a promotion.

2.   But Dole muffed his chance to make Clinton look like a fumbling Jerry Ford on foreign policy.

3.   But the Jets have had compassion for the rookie since he muffed three chances in the second exhibition game.

4.   A former prosecutor for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia on Sunday charged the United States muffed a chance years ago to halt Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

5.   His first life came when wicketkeeper Junior Murray muffed a stumping chance off left-arm spinner Jimmy Adams.

6.   Ijaz had been at the crease only a short time and was yet to launch his savage attack when wicketkeeper Junior Murray muffed a straightforward stumping chance.