Word: blame
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world where one giant could blame everything upon the other. The first session of the Council of Foreign Ministers boded ill indeed for the Big Power peace. But the Ministers' meeting was only one milestone on a road...
...Russians deserved much of the blame. But the others were not without sin. The U.S. delegation was badly briefed. Within the delegation, sharp differences developed. To some observers, Byrnes gave the impression of a man who had already convinced himself that Europe's problems were insoluble. This attitude encouraged the Russians to doubt that a strong U.S. position would be maintained very long...
...blame for the present disagreement lies more with the western nations than with the Soviets. So far, America and England have followed a simple principle in their dealings; they have agreed to 'grab, and let the other fellow grab.' This resulted in establishment of British spheres of influence in Greece and Iran, and of Russian spheres in Romania and Yugoslavia...
...daily conference with reporters and provides a list of the day's appointments, bills and orders signed. Exasperated newsmen who try to pry out White House copy get the stock Ross answer: "I don't know." For this uncooperative attitude on "personality stuff" about the President newsmen blame Charlie Ross, not his boss...
...Malley face a thorough legal shellacking. They are saved when practically all the Paramount players who could be rounded up stage a benefit show. The acts, stronger on noise than on finesse, reach some sort of climax in Cass Daley's confident rendition of You Can't Blame a Gal for Tryin'. Best acts: Betty Hutton singing The Hard Way in self-explanation to a psychoanalyst; Eddie Bracken suffering superbly as a double in a horse opera; Robert Benchley showing Bing Crosby's four young sons an illustrated biography of their father...