Word: culprit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...manufacturer tampered with the drug; by their reasoning, the killer bought Extra-Strength Tylenol over the counter, inserted cyanide in some of the capsules, then returned the bottles to store shelves. Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fanner suggests that "a disgruntled employee in the production chain" was the more likely culprit. Whatever the method and motive, the killer clearly knew what he was doing. In each case, the red half of the contaminated capsule was discolored and slightly swollen. When opened, the capsules emitted the telltale almond odor of cyanide; the poison was present in quantities thousands of times the usual...
...supplied stories about the Ivy League, both good and bad, which the boss relished. Muskie twitted Carter about his inept fly casting but praised him for superb fly tying. Rusk bent to Kennedy's appetite for humor. Ordered to track down and fire a leaker, Rusk traced the culprit to the Oval Office. "I can't fire him, Mr. President," phoned Rusk. "It's you." They both roared...
Inexperience tanks as another prime culprit. Many sportsmen save their first taste of a particular sport for the House team, and frankly, their lack of fundamentals is often a hazard to both more adept players and to themselves...
Whoever was the culprit, in Garment's view, only radical surgery and the fullest admission of error could avert catastrophe. But if the President was involved even indirectly, full disclosure would not be the course selected; hence the Administration might bleed to death amid a cascade of revelations. Garment was convinced that the Administration would have to be ripped apart and reconstituted. Nixon would have to put himself at the head of this movement of reform, brutally eradicate the rot, and rally the American people for a fresh start...
...Harry Truman, the buck stopped somewhere. For the true buck passer it never stops, but is constantly being turned over in his fingers, heads and tails, waiting for the moment of accusation when it may be gracefully flipped to a patsy. When a run-of-the-mill culprit says, "I did it because I was overtired," he implies that he is essentially a better person than his particular action indicates. But by adding the punishment of others to a mess of one's own making, the buck passer reveals that he is actually worse than his actions. Such people...