Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economic realities than to economic symbolism. In particular, perhaps the Council on Wage and Price Stability and other economic controllers should consult more closely with the Government's own Bureau of Labor Statistics, for as you correctly pointed out, the steel-price increases that receive so much blame for inflation actually have only a very small impact on the Wholesale Price Index...
...affected immunization programs for other diseases. This year reported measles cases have been 64 per cent higher than in 1975, and next year the statistic undoubtedly will increase. The diversion of resources to the flu program, and the bad publicity justifiably associated with it, are at least partly to blame...
...such an outbreak occurred, the swine flu program--and its government and industry apologists--would have to shoulder much of the blame. A planned initiative to boost immunization levels was set aside this year, as funds, personnel and attention were diverted to the swine flu program. In addition, many people have justifiably grown more skeptical of the wisdom of the vaccine establishment. If this skepticism leads them to shun all vaccines, the swine flu disaster will have been far more tragic than laughable.CrimsonLaura J. LevineSwine flu Shots: Bogus or Legitimate...
...appears that Mr. Schorr will go to great lengths to condemn anyone but the self-admitted and convicted murderer. Indeed, "all of American society must accept the blame for the life he [Gilmore] has led"! I might point out that Gilmore's psychotic behavior is as much the product of an unfortunate childhood, including a father described by his own son as a distant parent given to violent periods of drunkenness, as it is the reaction of a recalcitrant individual whose psyche has broken loose from the restraints of civilized society...
Does Mr. Schorr really believe that society is to blame for a ruthless and moody convict who told his attorney that he once avenged a friend by attacking another inmate with a hammer, leaving him paralyzed? Does Mr. Schorr sincerely feel that "Gilmore has had no alternative but to follow his life of crime" when Gilmore by his own admission "didn't just kill him for the money"? "I just hate to be told what to do. It [the murder of the motel manager] was something that couldn't be stopped" (New York Times 11/15/76)--because, Mr. Schorr would have...