Word: blame
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some of those at the meeting suggested that the hospitals themselves were to blame for the staph resurgence. The hospitals, they said, had taken the FDA's warning too literally by completely removing hexachlorophene cleansers from the nursery. The FDA, said a spokesman, only advised doctors and nurses not to wash babies with hexachlorophene; it never told them not to use the cleanser on their own hands...
...Blame for the release of the stolen papers in the Boston area was disputed by Kawadler and Levine. Kawadler maintained that "binding legal documents" signed by Termpapers Anonymous prohibited the firm from selling the Harvard termpapers to Harvard students, while Levine said the contract only prevented his firm from selling the papers outside New England...
...about the Presidents he has served, "all that will matter will be whether what was done made a difference, whether it marked an episode or an epoch. We are living through one of the most difficult periods of our time. Some say we are divided over Viet Nam; others blame other domestic discord. But I believe the cause of our anguish is deeper. Throughout our history we believed that effort was its own reward. Partly because so much has been achieved here in America, we have tended to suppose that every problem must have a solution and that good intentions...
...white Southerners, of course, had only themselves to blame. They, after all, had been the people who had constantly demanded that the supply of slaves be increased. They had lost their war with the North largely because so much of the South's capital was in the fatally non-negotiable form of chattel slavery. Moreover, fearing that any mobilization of the black population would lead to the formation of a hostile fifth column, the Confederacy failed to make any practical use of its major source of manpower...
...your Crimson the next four mornings, don't blame the delivery boy. We're taking a vacation just like the rest of you. Don't despair though; we'll be back on Monday, bright and early...