Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...democratic nation's unity by the number of square miles of territory controlled by varying factions. You measure it by the very existence of factions outside the jurisdiction of the central government, or operating in sub rosa opposition to that government. On that basis, no matter who is to blame, it is difficult to deny that extreme disunity exists in China...
...committee was agreed that "more businesslike methods" in the armed forces would have ended the war sooner. But it put a goodly share of the blame on the Administration...
Theory & Practice. Most doctors agree in theory that an infant should be nursed, but in practice, say the Cornelians, "breast feeding has been rapidly disappearing from our modern culture." They were shocked to learn that in one Detroit hospital only 5.6% of the babies were breastfed. Cornelians blame the trend on what they regard as such erroneous modern notions as: 1) breast feeding ruins a woman's figure; 2) coddling spoils a baby; 3) an infant should be trained early to accept a rigid schedule...
...primarily to blame for audience-participation shows in radio is Parks (Vox Pop) Johnson. He started it all in 1932 when he set up a microphone in front of Houston's Rice Hotel and started to question passers-by while he threw in commercial plugs for a local clothing store. But now that audience shows are grabbing the biggest single slice of radio time, Parks Johnson, like many a listener, has his doubts about it all. Said he last week...
...Sample: at dinner F.D.R. mentioned that ex-King Carol of Rumania wanted to come to the U.S., "but of course we can't let him in." Mrs. Roosevelt: "Franklin, don't say 'we can't let him in.' . . . You know who they'll blame . . . me." Churchill, with a "guileless" grin: "A matter of matrimony, I believe." Loud laughter...