Word: blamed
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...white, Mayor R.C. Horn and other influential political figures are black. But the killing had the potential to reopen a lot of wounds and set whites against blacks. That calm reigned is in significant part because of the Byrd family, which preached harmony and refused to blame the entire white community for the acts of three men. King's father, for his part, apologized to the Byrds for the murder. "Please pray for the Byrd family, who have endured unimaginable pain and loss," he said. At one point, one of Byrd's daughters embraced a sorrowing Ronald King and whispered...
...another's blood, necrophiliac morticians, people who claim to have been abducted and sexually molested by aliens, a married surgeon who sleeps with 10 women a month. But her writing style can be monotonous and self-conscious, and her need to place these people in cultural context and blame society for their freakish proclivities is trite. Still, the book is worth skimming--you'll feel contentedly average afterward...
...Some of the letters he got wanted to blame himfor everything bad in the world. He became avillain in the minds of thousands of people,"Strossen said...
...court's decision ought to be repugnant to anyone--pro-life or pro-choice--who believes in the validity of the First Amendment. "If we believe in free speech at all, we must limit responsibility to those who commit the acts of violence rather than lay blame on the makers of a Web site that appears to advocate them. Otherwise, any unpopular speech will be subject to oppression," asserts Suzanna Sherry, professor of civil rights and civil liberties law at the University of Minnesota, who is also avidly pro-choice...
...pool was covered in black ad orange flags and they had banners up that were against every other team in the tournament," Murphy said. "But we aren't pro-Princeton, so I can't blame them...