Word: faults
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...June 6, Eisenhower carried in his wallet another message he had written, to be issued only if the Allies failed to gain a foothold in France. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available," it read. "If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone." For several hours after the landings began, some of the commanders feared that statement might have to be released...
...according to Sadonna Polhill, who is the top caseworker at the Killeen shelter. "They'll tell the wife, 'This is a bunch of bull---- quit making these accusations because you're ruining your husband's career,' " she says. "They try to make the one who's being battered at fault." Anxiety over their husbands' careers has led to a sharp drop in the number of women -- from 85% to 50% over the past two years -- who permit the shelter's staff to alert military officials to the women's visits. "A lot of that has to do with the pressures...
...slaughter had been laid. "When there is a rupture of authority, that creates a situation that is apocalyptic by nature and leads to fear and anguish," says Professor Francois Constantin, head of the East Africa Research Center at the University of Pau in France. "In Rwandan society, the fault of an individual becomes the fault of a group. A whole family is held responsible for a prejudicial act committed by an individual and can be eliminated. In a traumatic situation, fear and uncertainty can lead to collective murder. Vengeance breeds countervengeance...
...That's probably my fault," Donovan said...
...FAULT LINES. Once Mandela's Cabinet is announced, the unity government is likely to show significant lines of stress. It will probably include Communist Party chairman Joe Slovo -- an interesting prospect for white officials who long used the fear of communist encirclement to justify apartheid policies. No fewer than 16 of the top 50 names on the A.N.C. parliamentary election list are members of the Communist Party. While they have forsworn Stalinism, Slovo still argues that "only under socialism could you have a combination of political and economic democracy...