Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many citizens, both white and black, share the police suspicion of Newton and blame him for more than he has been charged with. The Oakland Tribune has published a number of stories suggesting that Panthers are dealing in drugs and extorting money from nightclubs, and one reporter covering these incidents had her car fire bombed...
...administrative board has postponed the hearings of three students involved in the Halloween dinner food fight in the Kirkland House dining hall until they review the statements of approximately 35 people who signed a petition sharing the blame...
...team has had its problems scoring, and Smith accepts part of the blame. "I have to be more offensively minded. I can't just be satisfied with controlling midfield...
Certainly Carter did not start the spiral. The blame for that is ingloriously bipartisan. The bulge began when Lyndon Johnson in 1966 failed to level with American people about the true costs of the Viet Nam War and refused to recommend an income tax increase. So the nation plunged deeply into deficit, and inflation roared from little more than 1% in the mid-'60s to 4.2% in 1968. Richard Nixon grossly worsened a bad situation by also using deficit spending and then clamping on controls; prices soared after they were lifted rising...
After learning of the indictments from the Charlotte County grand jury, Michaelides wrote County Prosecutor Edwin Baker a five-page letter denying any guilt. "When this tragic event took place, I was thoroughly examined," he wrote, "and exonerated of any blame." Michaelides tried to discredit the Bruce family in the letter and blamed them for his own legal problems. He claimed his wife "was a criminally mistreated and unhappy person." He accused her mother of "vicious and dehumanizing" verbal assaults and said her opposition to the marriage demoralized Alexandra. He threatened: "If a more equitable approach to my case...