Word: blamelessness
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...which have been (and continue to be) used by those in the know. Use with caution. They're not original, but they're authentic, and no one ever said the CIA was like James Bond anyway. Come on, don't forget George Herbert Walker Bush was head of this blameless organization...
Marriage in Piercy's world is a negative institution which allows the men to exploit and trap the women. Portrayed as perfect housewives, whose only thought in life was to make their respective husbands happy and content, the women are of course blameless for the subsequent break-up of their marriages...
...Reagan and Bush themselves blameless. In Bush's case, avoiding the press was understandable; when you can't put together a complete sentence that hasn't been written out for you, it's natural reaction, But in the case of Reagan, the master of image whose thoughtful "Well..." bailed him out many times, the dearth of press conferences and constant miming of "I can't hear you" needs more justification, Such an attitude also might have contributed to animosity in the opinion media...
Afterward, the two parties sounded as if they were the same side. Both professed to be pleased with the resolution; both blamed the media for snooping; both underlined that Jackson proclaims himself blameless; both implied that they settled to protect their sensitive clients. "A child can't heal until this is behind him," declared the boy's attorney, Larry Feldman, and the same could apply to the childlike Jackson. "Michael wants to get on with his life," said his lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, "and let the healing process begin...
...team should have been more careful, in any case, but the knowledge that the hopes of so many rested on their findings should have prompted more caution. Mudge might have sought more consultation with other physicians, rather than amobbed press conference before TV cameras. Certainly, the media is not blameless...