Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could hardly blame the Russian for his puzzlement and anger; Berlinguer & Co. certainly do not talk like...
Some members blame Wilkins' lack of administrative control for the bad morale that has recently plagued the association. A widespread criticism is that he stayed on too long and that under him the N.A.A.C.P. has acted too timidly. Wilkins' difficulties began with the deaths in 1974 of his two closest friends: N.A.A.C.P. Board Chairman Stephen Gill Spottswood and Assistant Director John A. Morsell, Wilkins' hand-picked successor. Wilkins' own health began to deteriorate following an emergency operation last March for the removal of a kidney stone...
...death sentence had been expected for Georgiou, who had accepted full blame for killings attributed to the men serving under him. But there was surprise at Gearhart's sentence. He was arrested only a few days after he arrived in Angola and denied ever firing a shot. Evidently, his ad in Soldier of Fortune was taken as proof of evil intent. British Prune Minister James Callaghan cabled a plea for mercy for the men to Angolan President Agostinho Neto, who alone has the power to reduce the sentences...
...rejecting fate, the U.S. is the ultimate incarnation of Western, Faustian man. But that posture toward the universe also has immense dangers. There is no shifting of blame, no relief in the notion that "this is the way things are." We are reluctantly willing to accept as inevitable natural disasters, but little else. Indeed, even nature must be put in its place through technology, and even death is somehow considered an affront, a failure of medicine, or of right living. Disease, poverty and other ancient afflictions simply are not accepted as part of the human condition. Perhaps rightly...
Private Scores. The week-long rioting had taken a fearful toll: at least 176 dead (all but two of them black) and 1,139 injured. Another 1,298 blacks were arrested, and property damage was estimated at $40 million. Police sought to blame many of the casualties on black tsotsis (hooligans), who undoubtedly did seize on the disorders to settle some private scores, but most observers considered the police claims highly exaggerated. Said one white eyewitness who was in Soweto last week: "It was obvious that the police weren't there to practice crowd control but to kill...