Word: blamed
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...Target stores. "But since then, it's become nothing more than a boy's action figure." Schwarz of Rumpus Toys says the response from the big toy companies will be to spend millions more dollars on licensed merchandise tied to movies. "That way, if they fail, no one can blame them for making a mistake...
Police officers often respond to 911 calls with loaded weapons. Two of Miami's finest got in trouble last week when they responded with loaded cameras. And who could blame them? They were, after all, following up on a call made by that legendary friend of law enforcement O.J. SIMPSON. Simpson had called police from girlfriend Christie Prody's Miami home seeking help for a friend he said had been on a two-day cocaine binge. When police arrived, they found Simpson alone and, according to their report, learned that he and Prody had been involved in a "verbal dispute...
Given the buy-on-the-dip attitude that infects everyone from mutual-fund managers to individual investors, who can blame these sellers? The technology-fund investors have the added woe of not knowing what awaits them with the year 2000 changeover, something that a slew of tech companies that reported earnings this week said, suddenly, had begun to impact the bottom line negatively...
With Stiffed, the pity culture comes to its inevitable conclusion: now people are even feeling bad for white men. Stiffed argues that as men stopped making things and focused on buying them, they no longer knew how to be men. For this, Faludi blames "the culture," which, the last time I checked, is controlled by white men. But when I called Faludi, she warned against such finger pointing. "We're all complicit in a culture that disfigures people. Most of us participate as consumers," she said. "The blame game is too easy. People should deal with a more complex dynamic...
...than at any other time of year. Though cold weather can cause a rise in blood pressure, it doesn't explain the phenomenon; the research was conducted in Los Angeles, where temperatures rarely dip below 50[degrees]. More likely, holiday bingeing on alcohol and salty, fatty food is to blame. Another possible explanation: wood-burning fireplaces release particles that can put stress on the lungs and heart...