Word: blame
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...less than two years since the end of the war the bi-partisan dream of Wendell Willkie's one world and Franklin Roosevelt's four freedoms has been shattered. To place the complete blame for the demise of this dream on the present administration would be an unjust indictment. Other powers in the world today, notably the Soviet Union and Great Britain, have consistently followed a program of self interest. However, the power of the atom, and the vastness of American industrial wealth place the United States in a unique position. This nation alone can afford to gamble...
...Government to blame? Harry Truman jumped into the argument. His hands were not spotless. He had encouraged Labor to clamor for higher wages after V-J day. At the same time, he tried to keep prices hammer-locked. The paradox stalled production. Like most politicians, he had bowed before the sacred idol of support for farm prices, which would keep a floor under food costs until...
When the department abandoned Generals for non-honors students, it was a frank admission that without universal tutorial standards must take a sharp drop. This is a very serious defect of English as a non-honors field, although the blame lies on present difficulties and the limiting Faculty vote more than on the department. Without the benefits of tutorial, the student is virtually helpless in the face of an overly profuse, but un-integrated, selection of courses...
Observers conceded that the G.O.P. state administration's part in the Centralia mine disaster (see Labor) accounted for the loss of about 75,000 votes. For the rest, the Republicans could blame their own blunders and the political genius of the new Democratic boss, Jake Arvey. Little Jake's astute handling of the old Kelly machine and his timely dumping of Boss Ed himself had gone far to retrieve last November's disaster...
...example, Dewey & Dakin contend that the building cycle reached its peak in late 1942. Because the cycle is now on the downgrade, the expected boom will probably not develop. In the last month, builders have jittered over the same thing. But they blame it on high prices. Dewey & Dakin say it was in the cards all along...