Word: blame
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...states, unless the victim can prove that the policyholder was entirely at fault-and that he himself was utterly blameless-the company need not pay him a cent. Indeed, the worse the accident-a ten-car chain collision, for example-the more difficult it usually is to pin sole blame on one driver and reimburse anyone. If a driver has a heart attack and his car mounts a curb, hitting ten pedestrians, who is at fault? No one. Who gets paid...
...such insignificant crimes and far too slick a crook to be caught for the crimes he did commit. Not that the police had not tried. "As Commissaire Benhamou of the Judicial Police once admitted to me," testified Aunay, " 'every time we can't solve a crime, we blame...
Then Blaiberg hit some snags. When he developed a sore throat, his doctors were relieved to find no evidence of bacterial infection. They decided that a virus was to blame and prescribed a simple gargle. Next, too much fluid accumulated in the sac around Blaiberg's new heart, as may happen after cardiac surgery of any type. This necessitated puncturing the sac to drain it. After that, Blaiberg said he felt much better, and the doctors felt confident enough to reduce his already moderate doses of immunosuppressive drugs...
...heart of the plot: Rap Brown was actually on the payroll of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Brown's job: to find "inexpensive solutions to the nation's racial problems." When trouble threatens, Rap is rushed to the spot to deliver inflammatory harangues. Then the Senate can blame the riots on "outside agitators" and avoid spending any money on the slums. A year ago, wrote Baker, a theater script had been rejected as too far-out because it had Khrushchev's nephew defecting to the U.S. and joining the John Birch Society. But life outdid art. "Stalin...
...Salzen came to the presidency of the club in 1964, a bad year for Republicans. Goldwater is only partially to blame for the decline in the HYRC which began that year. The Republican Party may have recovered from the debacle of '64, but the club...