Word: faulted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that the idea of "not wanting to offend the Chinese" (whatever that means) is routinely heard in private among business leaders and those with privileged access to Beijing's facilitators. Of course, peddling the notion of a China whose feelings are fragile is a brilliant negotiating tactic. Why fault the Chinese for trying it on? But such spinelessness debases Australia, its traditions and its pride in speaking truth to big powers. Australia loses face when its leaders fail to robustly denounce human-rights abuses or to show a semblance of support for an individual such as Chen (to at least...
...ridiculous. American medical-research laboratories, such as the one in which I am finishing my Ph.D., are also whirlwinds of purposeful activity. As I see it, the U.S. regulatory environment is the sole reason that the U.S. is ceding the lead in stem-cell research. That is not the fault of academic or industrial scientists, and the problem can be helped just so much by progressive state governments such as California's. The blame lies solely with the man in the White House, who seems to value the life of cells a few days old more than that...
...Berlusconi's government has struggled with a stalled economy, bickering allies and a drubbing in April's regional elections, forcing the PM to resign temporarily and reshuffle his Cabinet. But it's the opposition coalition that's looking bruised and battered, and most of the injuries are self-inflicted. Fault lines among the half a dozen or so parties in the coalition, which include communists, socialists and even the remains of the splintered Christian Democrats, are widening. Francesco Rutelli, the unsuccessful center-left challenger to Berlusconi four years ago, outraged allies in the Left Democratic party by backing the Italian...
...Ogletree] thus say either that it isn’t a case of plagiarism, since it was accidental, or that it’s a case of accidental plagiarism,” he wrote. “But even when it’s accidental, however, or the fault of a careless sub-researcher, the professor is responsible for the carelessness...
...FACULTY FAULT LINES...