Word: blamed
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...Although the Taliban shrugged off responsibility for last week's bombing, coalition forces squarely lay the blame on them. Wary the high civilian deaths might stoke public outrage, the Taliban is trying to wriggle out of blame, says James Appathurai, NATO's spokesman in Brussels. "I have seen that the Taliban deny responsibility. They do not get to wash their hands of this," he said this week. The Taliban have gained control of vast swathes of Afghanistan's south and east over the past few years, prompting the U.S. to send an additional 21,000 troops to the country this...
...unwarranted student criticism and media attention. Given that the profits from the clothing line—which will sell men’s shirts for $160 and sportcoats for as much as $495—will directly benefit Harvard’s financial-aid program, it is misguided to blame the university for doing what it can to pay its bills, even if that means allowing Harvard’s name to adorn crimson-lined blazers and madras shorts reminiscent of the 1950s “good-old-boy” era. Some students have complained that attaching the phrase...
...reform’s proponents place some of the blame for the financial crisis on insufficient shareholder oversight. They argue that opening boards to stockholder influence is necessary to increase accountability to those who own shares in the company...