Word: blame
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that members of General Foch's party should have feared that the strenuous schedule of activities he has been following would seriously impair his health. When we hear that he has spent only four nights since his arrival in any other lodging than a Pullman car, we do not blame them for being anxious lest his preliminary activities tire him to the extent of making his attendance at the Conference unwise, if not impossible. We rejoice, therefore, to hear that the General shows few signs of strain, and has gained ten pounds since he landed in this country. This means...
...before all our industries can start up. They who contribute each item want some other item cut down instead of their own. Each group is holding off and maneuvering in order to shift the burden onto some one else. This is accompanied by much recrimination and laying of the blame on some one else. This is done by those on the inside who know exactly what they are about. While this contest is going on, there is much barking on the outside by people who know nothing about it, but are only excited by the fracas...
...Europe, for invading Belgium in violation of the Treaty, and for the wanton destruction of the means of recuperation in France. If it be true that the Great War was a natural result of the principle that there is no moral obligation superior to the national interest, then the blame for the ghastly suffering endured, and for all that has been suffered since and will be for years to come, lies not only with those who taught that doctrine and those who acted upon it, but also with those multitudes of great and small who accepted...
eager to promote the current of indignation. Venizelos was to blame for everything of course. If he should be overthrown, demobilization would be ordered at once, the cost of living would be reduced, domestic misrule would be abolished, and the golden era would begin. The vanity of such promises is too evident already...
...justice or honesty. Consequently, the tendency was to try to fool him as often as possible by 'stalling.' At times even the foreman, ignoring the fact that much of the spoiled work could be accounted for by lack of proper supervision on his own part, was more inclined to blame the prices and give the man his support in such an attitude. Furthermore, many employees believed it to be the general policy to compute the price at the rate which, in the opinion of the individual setting the price, was proper for the particular workman it involved. In this...