Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ECONOMY. Nixon won many votes by his promise not to raise taxes in his second term, which he hedged later by placing the blame for any forthcoming hike on high spending by a Democratic Congress. Yet most economists see no way to avoid tax increases. If more government services are shifted to state and local governments, they too will be forced to raise taxes ,which would go against another Nixon campaign pitch, the pledge to try to relieve local property taxes. Trying to hold down the current federal budget under $250 billion, Nixon is expected to operate the national economy...
...American people lost dearly last Tuesday. We can no longer blame the sat on the government, nor can we blame the politicians for the social inequities in America. The American people finally pushed the lever which sanctioned the was out country has moved in the past several years giving particular countenance to the Indo-Chinese Wars...
...narrative, camera rising, softly-focused backgrounds, and minute attention to period decor. In a cafe sequence there is even an exact duplication of a shot from Jules and Jim. But Truffaut is only going through the motions. At times he seems bored with his characters and one can hardly blame him. They are tedious people of a dull class in a dying culture...
...maintain their claim to innocence. Oliver, another patient with rotten parents, had to get out of bed and dress according to a precise procedure. He believed that if he missed a step, God would punish his family. This ritual gave him a feeling of power, while allowing him to blame God for any mishap that might befall his parents...
...blame should not fall solely on Restic's system. Yovicsin's last two teams never came from behind to win in the fourth quarter either, although the '70 team played well in breaking a late game tie against Cornell. The explanation for Harvard's inability to rally against bad teams is partly due to an apathetic condecension. Harvard has a tradition of playing listlessly against perennial underdog teams like Penn and Brown, who love nothing better than upsetting Harvard...