Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...want to be a producer? The producer has to do all the dirty work. He has to bargain with powerful unions and soothe touchy artistic temperaments. He has to put his foot down and say no a lot, and everybody ends up hating him. He gets most of the blame and little of the credit--at least from the general public--and worst of all, he always has to worry about money...
Nonetheless, he said that he awaited what he hoped would be a statement from Flanagan clearing him for any blame in the matter...
...possible to blame too much of this malaise on oil. Many countries have long suffered from high inflation because they were living beyond their means for years. Particularly in the West's mass-consumer societies, the poor wanted to live like the middle class, and the middle class wanted to live like the rich. Demands piled up?for more goods, fatter wages, higher social welfare?and prices soared. Still, by best estimates, the rise in energy prices caused one-quarter to one-third of the world's inflation last year. As the price of oil increased, it kicked...
...report lays much of the blame for the U.S.'s difficulties on American reluctance to steer economic policy toward more stimulus. The OECD economists worry that the "weak picture" they see in the U.S. could spread to other parts of the world. If the U.S. downturn begins to bite deeply into imports, some other countries could be pulled farther down...
...world. By that time, Butterfield had been head of the FAA for four months, a job he got as a reward for his efficient service in the White House (he was never brushed by Watergate), and was already struggling with the organizational problems that are partially to blame for the agency's lagging response to the need to exercise closer control over flight safety...