Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stands accused of sheer pusillanimity, docilely submitting to the strictures of the Sudanese government rather than pushing through the assistance the country urgently needs. Even the U.S. government, pledged to prevent such needlessly recurring famines, has "screwed up royally," admits a senior Clinton Administration official. "We are all to blame for this massive failure...
...million in revenues over three years. The stock, which had rebounded to $25, quickly retreated to the high teens. It has since gone lower. And why shouldn't it? Most of the "earnings" that had jacked up the stock were simply fraudulent, as Silverman now admits (while denying any blame...
...blame them. When I join them at the tube, I see an America where all problems are solved in 30 minutes, often with time for commercials. My 16-year-old cousin looked at me incredulously (and asked in perfect English) what was wrong with me that I would leave California for Israel of all places--or leave California for anywhere, for that matter. For them--and probably for many more people in America and elsewhere--the Beverly Hills of the television show is reality: everyone can wear nice clothes, there is little crime, no politics and no taxes, serious problems...
...Lawyers for both the President and Monica Lewinsky met Ken Starr in an appeals court to blame the independent counsel for improperly leaking, well, just about all the things that have kept a nation of political journalists busy since February. "Don't forget that in principle, everything should be off the record," says Branegan. "We shouldn't even know Monica Lewinsky's name." And since on Tuesday it was Starr who was seeking to overturn a sealed ruling by Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, it would seem that the ruling points the finger directly at Starr. On that subject, of course...
There's the pain. Years later, when Rock was 25 years old and on the stand-up circuit, he turned the experience into a punch line. "Ain't nothing more horrifying than a bunch of poor white people," Rock joked in his act. "They blame n_______ for everything... 'Space shuttle blew up! Them damn n______, that's what...