Pakistan remains a sanctuary for Al Qaeda and some of the world s other most dangerous terrorists.

Like confidence intervals, the margin of error can be defined for any desired confidence level, but usually a level of 90 , 95 or 99 is chosen (typically 95 ).

Now, our work is becoming more dangerous with every passing day.

Pınar Selek was not only at the wrong place at the wrong time. She was also born in the wrong country.

Fadil was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Deficits are riskier if the level of the national debt, the accumulation of all previous deficits, is high or rapidly rising relative to GDP.

They've slept with the wrong person. They've taken the wrong substance.

MADRID Repeated threats from North Korea have turned the Korean Peninsula into one of the world s most dangerous hotspots.

And it is getting thinner.

Misdirection.

Error Details

Where is the mistake?

Perseverance in error does not correct the error it merely exacerbates it.

The streets of Cairo are becoming dangerous.

But the problem is even more serious.

Close Error Report

I got on the wrong train.

I got on the wrong bus.

How is the error observed?

Where was the mistake?

The Wrong Austerity Cure

To Err is Science

But this does not diminish the gravity of what is happening in Syria, or lessen the seriousness of Morell s warning.

Although Russia and the US possess roughly 90 of the world s nuclear warheads, their nuclear capabilities are less of a threat than is the danger of proliferation.

But I'm also aware of the danger of fetishizing them.

Chimamanda Adichie The danger of a single story

The second problem was more serious.

I got on the wrong bus.

You made the same mistake.

Tom got on the wrong train.

Tom got on the wrong bus.

Tom made the same mistake again.

Tom took the wrong bus.

Error in electronic communications

I went to the wrong address.

I believe you dialed the wrong number.

What went wrong?

The Mismeasure of Poverty

The World Bank s Wrong Choice

Getting them wrong and wrong and wrong, and then on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again.

At last, the big players are taking the issues seriously.

How Risky is the Global Economy?

The seriousness of the issue is clear from the statistics.

These raw figures on job losses, bad as they are, actually understate the weakness in world labor markets.

Europe s Digital Wrong Turn