Word: scapegoatism
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...last week, many rose to the veteran minister's defense. They noted that while he is sometimes viewed as the West's inveterate enemy, Yamani has often taken conciliatory stances. "Since the last few years have seen a deterioration in Saudi revenues, he may have been used as a scapegoat," said Saad-Eddin Ibrahim, a professor of political sociology at the American University in Cairo...
...making a scapegoat out of Geltz, the military has revealed that it values obedience far more than justice. It will not shrink from sacrificing individuals on the altar of pedagogic expediency. Lieutenant Geltz's mistreatment underscores the need for close civilian scrutiny of the military and strengthens the argument against giving the Pentagon free reign...
...down the road and restore a sense of pride in a town known mainly for plagues of mice and seagulls. Reno has passed the years customizing vans and trying to forget that an injury on $ that play cost him his chance for an athletic scholarship. Poor Jack, the town scapegoat, is never allowed to forget. The only cure for his aching ego, and Taft's, is to replay that game...
...statement, as he is led to believe, rather they are facilities for a small group of friends who simply enjoy each others' company, at times. To label such desires for close fraternal friendship as being totally morally backwards, is wrong, and to use it as a scapegoat for the ills of society is inexcusable. When I joined a club, I was not expressing a desire to become socially elitist. When I joined a club, I was not going against my moral principles and those of my friends (non-club members). I am a foreign student, a Catholic and on financial...
Nonetheless, Baker stressed that the long trip couldn't be held as a scapegoat. "We played well enough to win those games and couldn't convert," she said, "and it wasn't always because we didn't have the energy...