Word: blamed
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Ralph was a daredevil who left school without learning to read or write, recalls his sister Ada Weeding, 62. He was also a drinker, and "when he was drinking, he could blame his wife or kids when things went wrong--it was never his fault," she says. Although Ralph swore off alcohol years ago, Ada thinks he's held on to his old way of thinking, except that now he blames the government and the New World Order. By the early '80s, Ralph was railing against high mortgage rates and unfair foreclosures, and in 1982 he appeared on a 20/20...
...Blame it on the reflexive rebellion of the early '70s or on her loving parents' exasperating prosperity (they owned several Chinese restaurants in Montreal). For whatever reasons, including that she was "pretty damn spoiled," 19-year-old Jan Wong, until then a dutiful daughter, reconstituted herself as a true-believing Maoist...
...that, he's not much interested in negotiating a full treaty. If not, so what? The Syrians have kept talking so far largely to please Washington, whose financial and diplomatic aid they covet, but Assad may be just as glad if Netanyahu takes an unyielding line: then Washington will blame Jerusalem for any failures...
...really fascinating that people are so surprised [when I burp,] mostly because I'm a girl," Thomas says. "I get comments like, 'women and girls don't do that.'" She loves to sit in a group of men and release a huge burp. People usually turn around and blame the men. It really amuses her. Not that she doesn't want people to know she did it. "It's a cool way to get attention," she says, adding sarcastically, "Like I don't have other ways...
...some directly blame Rudenstine for the poor performance of his initiatives. It reflects a persistent lack of effort on the part of the president to solicit donations for central initiatives, according to former provost and Leverett Professor Jerry R. Green...