Word: faulting
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...implies something entirely different to garner support from an opposition that consists of a significant and diverse sliver of the electorate than one that consists of nothing more than its uncompromising base. Presidents Nixon, Reagan, and Bush failed to win over the most hardline Democrats, so one cannot fault Obama for failing to penetrate the bowels of the Republican camp...
...agency has interviewed everyone who was present in school that day, including the students. During the inquiry, the principal and the other teachers backed the accused teacher's claim that she did not force Shanno to stand in the sun. If the MCD finds that the teacher was at fault, the case will be handed over to the police. India's National Commission for Protection of Child Rights will make its own recommendations regarding action in this case in the next few days...
...mail outsourced. They want to do it themselves because they feel like they could build something that is better, but they don’t have the funding to do it,” says Kroll. “And it’s not even that the fault is at the top. I think people like [Associate Dean for IT and FAS IT Chief Information Officer] Larry Levine would say that they would prefer not to outsource the mail, but the realities of the budget being what they are, it is the most efficient way to provide services that...
...economic recession, we must not make E.U. enlargement a scapegoat for it," he said in a speech last month. "Questioning our commitments on E.U. enlargement will not help us at all to tackle the economic downturn. Let's keep in mind that our economic troubles are not the fault of a Serbian worker or Croatian civil servant." He may well be right. But in this gloomy economic climate, they are easy targets. And they are learning the hard way just who their real friends...
Perman's reporting is considerable, with 34 pages of footnotes to prove this is no quick-serve history--maybe to a fault. And her lively writing style occasionally leads to too much relish: "In-N-Out's fan-customers can usually remember the first time they ate at an In-N-Out much in the same way that most people can remember their first kiss." Well, maybe...