Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Concerning the court's finding of partial blame against Lieutenant Commander Roy K. Jones, the S-4's dead chief, Secretary Wilbur thought it was "in accordance with the probabilities, but that these probabilities are insufficient to justify disciplinary action, assuming such action was possible...
...reverent doctor. Fair example of a teacher in the American college may be found at Harvard. If the lecturer has the intention of deceiving the student, certainly the plot has been skillfully concealed. Scholars may reach conclusions which are at odds with the teachings of the church, but the blame does not rest with the professor. The student forms his own beliefs...
Taken all in all, the present issue is more uneven in its merit than perhaps seems necessary. But at the same time praise for the issue as a whole far out-weighs any slight blame incurred by a few mediocre attempts at humour. If one feels the slightest tingle of the spring tickling the soles of one's feet or the whims of one's mind, then let him haste to make acquaintance with Lampy in his new spring jacket...
...Investigations. Eight investigations to fix the blame for the disaster were under way last week, by state, county and city authorities. Mayor George E. Cryer of Los Angeles said: "Los Angeles cannot restore the lives lost, but the damages should be paid. . . . We of Los Angeles must face the responsibility." Fruit growers and ranchers, bitter, agreed with the mayor...
...House of Representatives. But Lawyer Gabaldon had so many harsh things to say that he thought it best simply to print his farewell in the Congressional Record because, as he said to the invisible Representatives in his introduction: "Personally, I love you one and all . . . I do not blame you individually, gentlemen of the House . . . I only wish that our fate were in your hands...