Word: blamed
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...aftermath of Krueger's death, members of the Harvard community are questioning who is to blame and what can be learned from the incident...
Question: who's to blame for letting the public gobble up potentially deadly diet pills like so much popcorn? Choose from among the following: 1. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which brushed off scientists' misgivings to approve the pills last year. 2. The drug companies that produced, tested and zealously promoted the pills. 3. The doctors and diet clinics that eagerly dispensed them, even to patients for whom they were never intended. 4. Uncritical media that ballyhooed the pills as "miracle" drugs and "magic bullets" in the war against fat. 5. A fanatically weight-conscious public so eager...
...blame? The correct answer is, all of the above...
...blame the paparazzi. We can blame the drunk driver. We can blame the press for adding to her pain by publishing pictures. We can blame ourselves for reading the tabloids. What we cannot do is get back Diana. YUKO ITATSU Tokyo...
Sure, the press was out of control, abominable, with paparazzi's cameras relentlessly invading the private life of Princess Diana. But who are we to blame them when, after all, we are only too happy to pick up tabloids and magazines that print Di stories and photos? In the end, our own love of Diana killed her. MAYUKO MAY OBUCHI Tokyo...