Word: blame
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Issa N. Youssef '90, says that being in Kasparov's grip is akin to battling a boxing champ. "In boxing the stronger and faster person wins. In chess the better player wins. There is no luck involved, and there is no one to blame if you lose...
...battle for fiscal discipline quickly degenerated into a familiar attempt to shift the blame for failure -- not only between parties and branches of Government but also onto the Gramm-Rudman procedure itself...
Experts found no shortage of culprits to blame for the latest debacle. A series of downbeat realizations converged on Friday, ranging from signs of a new burst of inflation to sagging corporate profits to troubles in the junk- bond market that has fueled major takeovers. The singular event that shook investors was the faltering of a $6.75 billion labor-management buyout of UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the second largest U.S. carrier. "That's when all hell broke loose," said Robert Newman, a floor trader for Equitrade Partners. "It was very reminiscent of something I do not care...
That credulity-stretching scenario was among the fresh revelations that spilled out last week in Washington during recriminations over the botched rebellion against Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega. Those most to blame for the coup's collapse seemed to be the brave but muddled men who staged it. But congressional critics from both parties lambasted George Bush for failing to dispatch American troops to snatch the dictator and spirit him back to the U.S., where he is wanted on drug-trafficking charges. The White House in turn scolded Congress for trying to micromanage a fast-moving crisis and for hypocritically...
...shot at the pennant this year--not because Clark or Kevin Mitchell overwhelmed the young team. No, Don Zimmer was simply leading his team to its tragic, but, alas, inevitable fate. And in 1986, the Red Sox were just fulfilling their destiny. Bill Buckner isn't to blame; he fell victim to Boston's most powerful force--THE JINX...