Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Prospect from Yenan. The Communists did not want a resumption of civil war. They had even less chance than the Government of winning an outright victory. Besides, they were sitting pretty; they blocked recovery, and the Government got the blame for the result. If they were admitted to the Government, so much the better; they could increase their military power and political patronage...
...closely typed, brusquely written pages, the U.S. Government last week nailed down the responsibility for Hungary's desperate economic condition. In a note which Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith delivered to the Kremlin. Washington put the blame squarely on Soviet occupation measures. Items...
...presidential chair. But the Perónist hue & cry over the Bolivian upset supported U.S. State Department charges that Argentine colonels had sparked the tyranny of Bolivian majors. To the Perón crowd, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden and Capitalism (in that order) were to blame. Shrieked a Perón deputy: "Braden has a habit of arranging matters with his checkbook...
...Highland Park Baptist Church. Within three weeks, 22 guests fell ill, one died. Most of their doctors failed to diagnose the illness as typhoid (a common error). When typhoid was recognized, Health Director Dr. Charles G. Barone suspected that a typhoid carrier, infected but personally immune, was to blame...
...businesslike air marks Nine. At home and in school he perfects his skills by repetition-whether it is throwing darts or dividing by one digit. Usually a good pupil, especially at math, Nine likes to classify his knowledge (flags, airplanes, military ranks). Beginning to develop a conscience, Nine takes blame if he thinks he deserves it, but has the inner resources to get along without praise. Nine does not want to be babied, favors his gang over his family...