Word: blamed
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...heart of his fiscal crusade is his flat tax, a plan derided as "deja voodoo" by economists who blame Reagan's supply-side tax cuts for the explosion of the national debt. He has captured perfectly the fury Americans feel for a system they think treats them like suckers while the rich enjoy a secret tax code written just for them--notwithstanding that his flat tax could favor the rich even more effectively. But his appeal is not only to apparent fairness and simplicity, the allure of a tax return no bigger than a postcard. The plan is also...
...STOCKS, WHAT NOW? I POSED THIS question during the annual portfolio-management conference at our dining-room table. This is the time to weed out unproductive assets, of which we had several. As my wife pointed out, if stocks had a 30% year, what happened to ours? Don't blame me, I said; blame the Turkey Fund...
...Dolphins went undefeated. But beginning Oct. 8, Miami lost six of its next eight games, then had to win three of its last four to barely make the play-offs. There was plenty of finger pointing all around--selfish players, ill-prepared assistant coaches, the Fates--but the blame fell to Shula. Never mind the Don Shula Expressway, the Don Shula Steak House, Don Shula's Hotel and Golf Club. In three separate polls in the Miami Herald, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post, 10,000 of a combined 13,000 fans voted in favor...
...traveling down the Sarajevo's main boulevard, dubbed Sniper Alley during the war. NATO officials, who Monday pledged to use significant force if necessary to enforce Bosnia's peace, had no imediate response beyond condemning the incident. Although the Bosnian Serb news agency denied Serbs were to blame, Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said the grenade attack was meant to intimidate President Clinton as he prepares for a visit this weekend to Bosnia. After speaking with U.S. officials in Washington, Sacirbey said Clinton would spend most of his visit with U.S. troops in Tuzla...
...have a devastating effect upon both parent and child. Until we are certain that a parent presents a true danger to a child, we must continue to promote the preservation of the family. When a child like Elisa falls through the cracks, we should be careful to place the blame where it is truly deserved--on the person who has abused the child. DONALD V. LINKE Wauwatosa, Wisconsin...