Word: blamed
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...have been to "Phantom of The Opera," but not "more than once" like the oh, so distinguished Elizabeth T. Bangs! I apologize for being a heathen. I blame it on my parents who never took me to the opera as a youngster, probably for the (justifiable) fear that I would jump off the balcony in pure and utter boredom...
...addition, Hyman has been criticized for failing to deal well with the council's divisiveness. Indeed, Hyman has shouldered part of the blame for the unusually high number of council resignations this year...
...BLAME FOR THE royal split on Prince Charles [World, March 11]. He was dealing with a woman who exhibited such extremes of emotional abuse as throwing herself down the stairs in an attempt to prevent Charles from going hunting. This behavior is symptomatic of a person who, apart from being emotionally unstable, is unreasonably demanding of her spouse. Imagine if Charles had thrown himself down the stairs in an attempt to stop Diana from going to her gym. What sexist double standards we live by! CHRIS DWYER Bondi, Australia...
...other hand, the media should not absorb all of the blame. The shortsightedness of the media subtly mirrors the short attention span of the public. Papers are reluctant to fact-check because the public seems to have little interest for accurate reporting. The sensational always works. The public dislikes deep analysis because it's not interesting...
Another speaker blasted American society for its blame-shifting. "We live in a no-fault, no-guilt society. The trial of the century was O.J., but the trial of eternity is Jesus Christ.... We are sinners, we are murderers...