Word: blaming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...need for it was underlined by the soft spots in the nation's business, and the blame for them fell on the Federal Reserve Board's tight-money policy. In Washington, Joseph B. Haverstick, president of the National Association of Home Builders, noted that the mortgage squeeze had caused a 20% drop in April housing starts. "The trend is still sharply downward," he said. "Unless there is some immediate improvement in the financing picture, the outlook for the remainder of the year is not hopeful...
...Portuguese, cannot fail to win this year's U.T. Award for Unlikelihood. The man protests that "his blood is mingled with the earth" and that earth and woman are the same thing ergo he cannot possibly marry the heroine. The argument is somewhat unconvincing, but one can't blame him--a woman was never made of colder marble...
Where were the lieutenants, captains, majors and colonels who were McKeon's superiors? They are the real culprits. General Pate should have been above placing the blame on a four-stripe sergeant...
Gulping, "Quite a thorough discussion," Stassen rushed off from his two-hour chat to cable the worst to Washington. Next day Gromyko agreed to "consider" a few changes in the latest Russian plan, but Western diplomats interpreted this as a maneuver to fasten the propaganda blame on the U.S. should talks...
...match the record of this season's lacrosse squad. The poor varsity has been crushed to pieces nine times already without a win and the freshman ten has been dropping games regularly to prep school teams (1-20 to Deerfield--2-16 to Exeter). Of course we can't blame anyone if there just aren't enough good players around, but the least the H.A.A. could do is to give the teams some decent equipment. At present the squads wear faded, patched, pink shirts and usually have to trade off helmets and gloves...