Word: faults
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...sure the student body's wealth is the admissions office's fault. Poorer people tend not to go to the country's best schools, and applications from the lower income levels may be scarce. But it is about time the College admitted to its elitism and took "socioeconomic" off the list of diversities at Harvard...
...over-excitement Anderson alluded to resulted in offsides, careless losses of possession and unnecessary penalties for the Crimson. Perhaps Virginia's only fault on the day was that it also took a lot of penalties...
...musical score itself, courtesy of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, could be at fault. During the prologue, the orchestra remains just a little bit off beat, but enough to make one sit up and take notice. Fortunately conductor Jonathan McPhee soon shepherds his fellow musicians into a warm, rolling succession of tunes you'll be sure to recognize from the Walt Disney cartoon. (Hint--if you go to a matinee showing, expect to hear at least four little future prima donnas around you singing along with the "Once Upon A Dream" segment.) The score is simply so relaxing and lucid that...
Sophomore Mike Marcucci entered the game, and though he let DeMartinis score, it really wasn't his fault. Hill reached on an infield single off the end of his bat, and a fielder's choice grounder by Tallent put runners at first and third with...
...week, however, labor activist Charles Kernaghan testified in Congress that the Wal-Mart clothing line bearing Kathie Lee's name is stitched together by children in Honduras who work for 31 cents an hour. As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!" She called the activist a nobody, but ordered Wal-Mart to sever ties with the factory...