While the threat may not affect them equally, none can afford a misstep.

But the situation on the island demonstrates anew that China is prepared to take advantage of every misstep that the gaffe prone Hatoyama government makes.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Sharif would fulminate against her every misstep, threats of attack from religious radicals would continue, and the military would safeguard its interests from just off stage.

There is a strong sentiment that academics and institutions that collaborated with such an odious regime often with the encouragement of their governments, no doubt suffered a grave lapse of judgment.

The Fund s participation in the effort to rescue the eurozone may have raised its profile and gained it favor in Europe. But its failure, and the failure of its European shareholders, to adhere to its own best practices may eventually prove to have been a fatal misstep.

Many are beginning to surmise that the Aquino regime is not all convinced that the Sabah claim has merit and his description of it as a hopeless cause is not just a slip of the tongue indicating ignorance or incompetence as Sultan Jamalul Kiram III suspects, but his regime s point of view and even policy on the matter.