Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are many complicated factors that fed into the tragedy in Littleton. It is too easy to simply blame guns and fall back on standard gun-control rhetoric. Rather, concerned citizens ought to look deeper and discern the less obvious forces that are feeding this country's epidemic of violence. --Noah D. Oppenheim '00 Adam M. Taub...
...news of the two teenage assailants who killed a dozen of their classmates before committing suicide--along with the propane they left in the school cafeteria, intending to blow the entire building up--has got the entire nation buzzing with fear, sympathy, and (of course) blame galore. A number of people, conservative and liberal alike, are claiming that this represents America's decline in values. Many more point the finger directly at the two boys' parents. Still more blame the public school system for alienating the boys...
...with a guy who coached the Israeli Olympic figure-skating team, which seemed impressive until I really thought about it. Still, in half an hour, he taught me to skate backward, scuff up the ice in front of the goal, bang on the goal pipes with my stick and blame my equipment when I got scored...
...child is born prematurely and the mother is over 40, her risk of breast cancer actually goes up 17%. The finding applies to first-time mothers only. What's behind it? Researchers think that the abrupt change in hormones that follows a premature delivery may be partly to blame...
...going to talk about the peace process with a focus on its development potential," Ross said. "I'm not interested in blame. I'm interested in solving problems...