Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...good a leader as he is a negotiator. In 1974 he won his union (current membership: 135,000) a healthy contract-the average wage is $50 a day before overtime-but he still cannot keep his men in line. Miller loyalists argue that the industry is to blame. "When the companies push hard for production," says one union man, "they wind up killing people." He means that the men have to strike to protect themselves against unsafe conditions. Whoever is right, the walkouts have largely stopped, at least temporarily; not only is Miller exercising firmer control, but the industry...
Nevertheless, to blame the fans for a loss is simply absurd. The hockey team lost to Brown here but beat them in Providence without a band, without Section 18, and, I suspect, without a very large contingent of fans. They beat nationally-ranked Michigan State twice under similar conditions over the Christmas break. Harvard's squash team is the best in the country; yet they draw only a small fraction of the number of people who go to watch hockey. In short, a good team should not need a boisterous crowd to win! Art Powell...
...blame fans for a loss is absurd, and neither columnist is guilty of doing that. Both emphasized the failure to add that "something special" which is so much a part of the home ice edge. And indeed, a good team would not need a boisterous crowd to win, but such a crowd can be of immense help when the going gets rough...
...interview," Patty also was quoted by the Harrises as saying she had heard that the FBI wanted to kill her and blame the crime on the S.L.A. Then, with outraged public opinion on its side, the FBI presumably could have mounted a ruthless attack on all revolutionary groups...
...just one of those things" approach--hockey being as fickle and luck-ridden as it is--doesn't quite cover the occurrence. The team was missing that little extra that draws the line between winning and losing, and that's a fact. So let's start doling out some blame...