Word: blame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, you can't blame the writers strike for that...
...course, you can't blame them, for even though he gained virtually no legislative victories, Bennett clearly rattled the education community. Indeed, from the very beginning of his term, Bennett's confrontational manner and conservative attacks constantly left educators reeling...
Shortly after hearing the election results, Graham admitted she had run a lackluster campaign by spending very little on publicity and failing to name a campaign manager. Yet the blame falls elsewhere: "I blame it on a lot of things," Graham told the Crimson last week. "I blame it on people's apathy. I blame it on the stories in the newspaper about my children. I blame it on what's been happening in Cambridge...
Graham has no one but herself to blame. She should have learned her lesson last November. In a hotly-contested City Council election, she barely beat another political newcomer, Jonathan Myers, for a seat she has held since 1976. Instead of recognizing that her political base is fading, Graham blames her near-loss in that election on the complexities of the Cambridge proportional representation system, which encouraged liberal voters to support another progressive incumbent, David E. Sullivan, whom most people felt was facing a more serious challenge...
Protesters blame the country's sole legal party, the ruling Burma Socialist Program Party, for 26 years of repression and economic ruin. Other analysts believe the military may have simply acted to assert its traditional authority...