Word: blame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While it is disturbing that none of the masters or administrators bothered to correct the rumors being circulated about the lottery, the blame for allowing the misimpression to interfere with the success of student protest must ultimately lie with those who wrote and backed the petition...
CONSERVATIVES tend to blame the plight of the homeless on their lack of a work ethic. If they merely pulled themselves up by the boot-straps, some believe, the able-bodied ones could then make a decent living...
Terrier goalie Peter Fish's "I'll-take-the-blame" attitude...
...trying to blame the ineffectiveness of the council on Ken Lee alone. There are a number of factors that have contributed. Still, the behavior of the council, and, especially, its chair, influence the way Harvard undergraduates are viewed by the faculty of this institution and the nation at large. Lee's misplaced pride in his vandalism is offensive to us, and in no way improves the student body's standing with the administration. We would hope Lee might cease his behavior to make it more fitting of the chief representative of Harvard undergraduates. William H. Dillon '91 Philip D. Fraissinet...
...council members support the proposal, it should pass easily. But the National Rifle Association plans to use its lobbying muscle to persuade Congress, which can overrule the council's decisions, to shoot down Clarke's plan. "It's another attempt by the D.C. government to put the blame on somebody else for its failure to deal with violent crime," says N.R.A. assistant general counsel Richard Gardiner. A veto is no cinch: only twice in the past 14 years has Congress vetoed a law enacted by the district...