1.   His victims made a tragic mistake by thinking his silver-coloured pistol was a toy.

2.   And a Port Authority officer was hit in the leg by a shotgun blast fired in a tragic mistake by a New Jersey state trooper.

3.   A tragic mistake by Phoenix police dispatchers Tuesday night may have resulted in the execution-style slaying of a Phoenix man and the suicide of his killer.

4.   After an initial period of confusion, U.S. and NATO officials have repeatedly apologized for what they have called a tragic mistake.

5.   But in well-rehearsed testimony last week, the four officers described a rapid succession of events that they said led to a tragic mistake, not a crime.

6.   But the Chinese dismissed the apologies and the explanation of the bombing as a tragic mistake.

7.   Clara becomes privy to their secret rendezvous and keeps it quiet, which seems to become a tragic mistake.

8.   Commissioner Paul Tagliabue believes eliminating the blackout rule would be a tragic mistake.

9.   During World War II, the U.S. interned thousands of Japanese-Americans in what has been seen as a tragic mistake.

10.   He added that he believed it would be a tragic mistake to force Clinton out of office over the matter.