Word: faults
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Store officials argue it's not their fault that less than half of all eligible students took the trouble to claim their rebates. They can't drag students into the store and push their money at them, they say. If Coop members don't think it's worth their while to claim their rebate, that's their business...
Defenders of the University's policies claim that very few professors--male or female--receive tenure at Harvard. After all, our venerable University has sky high standards of excellence. And it's not Harvard's fault if there just aren't very many academics in the profession who can live up to them...
...couple of years now, The Crimson has had columns on computers run on page three of the Tuesday edition. Typically, the people who write these columns are quite knowledgeable about their subject. And while you may not agree with their views, its difficult to fault them on factual grounds...
...such films as Top Gun) is probably first among equals, but with his thinning hair, glasses and unassuming manner, he never steals a scene. George Clooney, as playboy pediatrician Dr. Doug Ross, is the most traditional hunk of the bunch, but the actor is self-effacing to a fault. "The writers are so good that even I can't screw up," he says. "For an old TV actor, it's great to have Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton come by and talk to you. It's so nice to be on a quality show. You can hold your head high...
...richer candidate buy its votes, on the theory that the rich cannot be bought themselves. In the case of Michael Huffington in California or Ross Perot in '92, piles of earthly treasure are proffered, with a straight face, as proof of one's ability to lead. But who can fault our lucre-crazed political culture when even the televangelists promise financial well-being, i.e., "prosperous ease," as the reward for supposedly Christian virtue...