Word: scapegoatism
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...deal with owners and general managers has been enormously helpful. The problem is in baseball. The problem isn't Campanis. Al Campanis is merely an all-but- irrelevant symptom of the problem. To allow him to be turning out there in the wind makes him a scapegoat and ultimately impedes any progress in dealing with the issues in a constructive...
...result, Duehay--a CCA-backed councillor--says Healy becomes a scapegoat for unpopular policies...
Nevertheless, the claim that America lost something with Kennedy's death serves as a convenient--and misleading--excuse for explaining why America has had problems in the past quarter century. It is a wonderful scapegoat for national leaders or policymakers unable to solve major problems, whether they be poverty, the deficit or international terrorism...
...credentials, Rafsanjani will never be able to inherit the Ayatullah's mantle. He may instead be content to serve as the power behind the throne of Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Khomeini's designated successor as spiritual leader. But by assuming his new military duties Rafsanjani also risks becoming a scapegoat for future Iranian defeats...
...minister's announcement came in the midst of campaigning for the first round of two-round legislative elections in France and triggered instant counterattacks from conservatives. "I find it absolutely lamentable that they want to use the army as a scapegoat," said Jacques Toubon, secretary-general of the Rassemblement pour la Republique, headed by former Premier Jacques Chirac, who authorized the rescue operation before he left office in early...