Word: scapegoatism
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...wage the “war on terror”—tactics that make the Koran desecration seem unremarkable. The Newsweek article might have been a catalyst for the recent flare of riots and violence. But for the Bush administration to use this mainstream magazine as a scapegoat for our shameful image abroad is ridiculous...
...that doesn't give him the right to meddle." Barroso accepted the official explanation, but one aide suggested that the Commission President is not the real problem: "There has been an erosion of the feeling among the French of the country's place in Europe. [Barroso] makes an easy scapegoat, but the problems are much deeper." Either way, Chirac's will should be tested this week, when ex-Commissioner Frits Bolkestein, the original author of the services directive, will appear on another state-owned network, France 3. Never one to be outdone, Chirac hopes to limit the damage when...
...officials has rarely reached such heights. That said, it is unfair that Cambridge should essentially bully Harvard into paying pacification money—in exchange for better town-gown relations—long before the former PILOT agreement was scheduled to run out. Harvard has long been a popular scapegoat for city officials. But in reality, Harvard is the primary reason for the city’s fame and consequent ability to attract technology companies and various other businesses (which all pay taxes themselves...
...would be excluded from our party," warns an official in the ruling conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Why turn on a fellow rightist? In part due to Julia's attack on the government during the hostage affair: he accused it of negligence, of using him as "a scapegoat," and said Foreign Minister Michel Barnier had been "completely useless" in a crisis "that should have been resolved in four days, not four months." Julia says he's happy to answer questions, but is also demanding a parliamentary inquiry so he can go public with what he says is proof...
...Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and courtside fans [Dec. 6], I realized that one word failed to make it into the story: respect. Would anyone else's reaction have been different from Pacers forward Ron Artest's after getting hit by a full cup of beer? Artest was made a scapegoat by the National Basketball Association. To me, that shows that the NBA and the fans do not respect the players. NBA basketball is played by some of the most magnificent athletes in the world, and they are intense competitors. Contact sports often create off-court fisticuffs. Suspending Artest...