Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some of them new), has made it into a good, tense, psychological thriller. If there are moments when the movie drags, it is the fault of the plot not of Mr. Hitchcock; but if at times the directories touch becomes a little trite and a little too apparent, the blame rests entirely on Hitchcock's shoulders...
Many's the time Father Sill, the Kent headmaster emeritus, used something suspiciously like it as an important aid to discipline. Let there be a general breach of school rules (but no tangible evidence to pin the blame on someone in particular) and out would come the familiar dodge: "I've got a list of every boy who's been smoking. ..." I can hear...
Only a man sure of his position could admit such miscalculation. General Wavell is secure in the knowledge that Winston Churchill still considers him the best of the British Army's big generals. In truth "Archie" Wavell was taking too much blame for a situation which was not all of his doing...
...Jews are to blame for the war. They are suffering no injustice in the treatment we bestow on them. They more than earned...
...direct march on the Burma Road. America's choice between letting Chungking down or keeping Chungking up would be solved automatically, for it could not assist Chiang Kai-shek's party if the sole remaining major avenue of supply were cut. . . . Chungking then could not blame the U.S. for abandonment of Lend-Lease aid. .. . Perhaps it would be appreciated by peace groups...