Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contact with the First World is a myth. Disease, famine and violence (sometimes even cannibalism) were rampant in primitive societies; inequality of wealth and power was the rule rather than the exception. Almost all the underdeveloped nations were poor before industrialization began in the North, and they cannot blame their continued Impoverishment on the First World's success...
...also fallacious to blame the poor countries' lack of self-sufficiency on waste and overconsumption by the rich. The First World may indeed consume a greater share of the planet's output than is warranted by its share of the population; but it produces a greatly disproportionate share of the world's manufactured goods, surplus commodities, inventions and technology...
...presented an ideal opportunity to end that conspiracy. As the 2,300 churchmen poured into Nairobi, arms from the Soviet Union and the troops of its allies were pouring into Angola. But when the assembly came to making a statement against meddling in Angola, it pointed a finger of blame only at South Africa...
...Banks. In London, people are asking for a "table away from the windows." At Harvard, Henry Rosovsky is about to conduct the largest experiment in Ice Age studies ever. Everyone seems about ready to pull out the plug. Worst of all, this winter we can't shift all the blame on to the Arabs...
...smarted in recent years under charges of sloppy or illegal practices that contributed to some of the biggest scandals in U.S. business history. As the world's largest accounting firm (annual revenues: $500 million), New York-based Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. took a heavy share of the blame. To help restore its image, Peat, Marwick about six months ago took the unprecedented step of hiring a competitor -Arthur Young & Co., one of the smaller among accounting's Big Eight -to scrutinize its practices. For a $500,000 fee, more than 150 Young accountants put in 12,000 hours...