Word: scapegoat
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...overwhelming strength of the a cappella scene at Harvard provides an easy scapegoat for performers who constantly face the discouraging scenario of a cappella groups securing top venues like Sanders with relative ease...
...culture that still feels slightly uncomfortable with the idea of an assertive, powerful woman, Martha Stewart was a perfect scapegoat. This is not to imply that what Stewart did was excusable—it certainly is not. But the public reaction to her case suggests that this scandal was much more a product of who she was than what she did. Her boldness was a bit too threatening and it is certainly part of the reason that the public was all too eager to see this ambitious female icon crumble...
...culture that still feels slightly uncomfortable with the idea of an assertive, powerful woman, Martha Stewart was a perfect scapegoat. This is not to imply that what Stewart did was excusable—it certainly is not. But the public reaction to her case suggests that this scandal was much more a product of who she was than what she did. Her boldness was a bit too threatening and it is certainly part of the reason that the public was all too eager to see this ambitious female icon crumble...
...that system - Chirac - via his closest ally and confidant," says Dominique Moïsi, deputy director of the French Institute of International Relations. "But that logic suggests the trial itself became a politicized examination of illegal party financing." But if Juppé is seen as a scapegoat, he says, "that may spark a counterreaction in a French public that wants politics cleaned up." In a poll taken after Juppé's conviction, 57% called the sentence "severe." Yet 58% also said that the former Prime Minister should quit public service. "Juppé has long been unpopular, which may explain...
Admittedly, activists like Carlson probably aren’t just fighting Harvard development because restrictions raise property values; they are frequently motivated by a sense of dislocation following the rapid changes that have occurred in Cambridge over the last 30 years. But choosing Harvard as a scapegoat is hardly reasonable. Harvard hasn’t really changed that much since Carlson moved in. It is, and always will be, an unusual entity that draws a large number of young people to the area...