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...cannot guarantee universal education or universal health care access to all Dominicans or to Haitians, but it is not guaranteed in Haiti, either,” he said. “The tendency is to blame the Dominican Republic for something that affects both countries...
...reluctantly, if not purposefully avoids. Why did 100 black students—many who lived in the Quad—appear so foreign to the vigilant Quadlings that day? One conventional answer is self-segregation: Black students stick to their own, so others are slow to recognize them. The blame shifts—inappropriately—to the campus’s minority groups...
...Mattel found a face-saving way of taking back the blame that it had previously placed so squarely on its Chinese partners, the source of all the toys it recalled this year. The "vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel's design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China's manufacturers," Debrowski said. "We understand and appreciate deeply the issues that this has caused for the reputation of Chinese manufacturers...
...more important than mitigation." In response to the floods devouring Uganda, Magezi-Akiiki says that the government will now consider the effects of global warming, such as increased rainfall, in its planning of future infrastructure projects. Ironically, Africa produces far less carbon than other continents, leading some scientists to blame industrialized countries for Africa's climate plight. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni announced at an African Union summit this year that developed countries were "committing aggression" against Africa by causing global warming...
Several students interviewed yesterday put the blame on Dorm Crew for not monitoring storage rooms sufficiently during the sometimes-chaotic move-in period. The students reported that storage rooms in Leverett, Lowell, and Quincy Houses were left open with no surveillance...