Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...table watched our reactions. We showed no shame for Nixon--this man was as politically remote from us as the distance between Tarquinia and Washington--but on the other hand we drew no elation from watching the president take responsibility for screwing the democratic system, but point the blame elsewhere...
...Soviet relations are at their lowest point in years. The SALT stalemate results, in part, from military advances, such as America's development of the cruise missile and the Soviets' deployment of the Backfire bomber and SS-18 monster-size rockets. But the Carter Administration may bear some blame for the impasse because it badly miscalculated the response that both its human rights campaign and its sweeping arms-reduction proposals last March would trigger from the Russians. The Administration, says Veteran Kremlin-watcher George Kennan, "made just about every mistake it could make in these Moscow talks and has defied...
...State Department they sometimes blame Kissinger for stirring up criticism of Carter's approach to the world. But it is Kissinger's record more than the man. Kissinger has adopted rules of fair play in dealing with the Carter team. He will not talk to any visiting dignitary until after the man has seen the President or Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Then, after meeting with the visitor, Kissinger immediately phones a report to Vance or Under Secretary Philip Habib...
...York. The city sent extra policemen and fire fighters to the ghettos, portable generators to hospitals, and set up banks of operators to handle citizens' calls for help. But His Honor, who at 71 is running hard for a second term, also began searching for someone to blame. Without bothering to wait for the verdict of investigations ordered by himself, Governor Hugh Carey and President Carter, the mayor quickly zeroed in on Consolidated Edison Co., the company that New Yorkers love to hate (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). Declared Beanie: "Con Ed's performance is, at the very best, gross negligence?...
...Donald Toner of South Windsor, Conn., chose to ignore the three dunning letters addressed to his wife by the state's department of transportation. Carline Toner was killed last October when her car collided with a garbage truck, and now the state, having determined that she was to blame, was demanding $34.15 to cover the cost of cleaning up the highway. When her widowed husband failed to reply, the state filed suit against Mrs. Toner in Windsor's small claims court. With that Donald Toner asked Attorney James Throwe to fight the claim-and Throwe simply released...