Word: scapegoatism
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Burford's inability to clean up America's hazardous wastes may stem from a number of sources. She may have been thwarted by Superfund administrator Rita Lavelle, whom Burford recently fired for her connections with chemical-industry polluters. But many insiders see Lavelle as Burford's scapegoat. Burford herself may have business or personal links amounting to a conflict of interest: the EPA recently awarded a $7.7 million cleanup contract to a company accused of being a polluter in its own right--a company represented by Denver attorney James Sanderson. Sanderson, who is currently being investigated by the FBI, recently...
Mondale's motives are most blatant in his pleas on behalf of "decent, hardworking Americans" who "suddenly find themselves thrown out of jobs they have held for 20 or 30 years." To help these "decent, hardworking Americans," Mondale has chosen to make Japan a scapegoat and take the jobs from the Japanese. A "liberal" concern for the plight of labor cannot justify plundering the Japanese economy--and thereby unemploying Japanese workers--to prop...
...They" made us a scapegoat...
...such a stalemate occurs, Reagan may try to use Congress as a scapegoat in his 1984 campaign. Aides say that he is already thinking about his re-election bid, and last week he persuaded Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, a close personal friend, to be the honorary chairman of the Republican National Committee. Others are also looking ahead. Kennedy used his easy race in Massachusetts to flood New England with a series of five-minute ads designed to dispel questions about his personality and character. Senator John Glenn of Ohio will get a boost in building a campaign organization...
That rising tide of anger and frustration is directed primarily at one man: Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, a general and hero of the 1973 October War. Simply put, the soldiers are afraid that he will make the I.D.F. a scapegoat for the Beirut massacre. Brigadier General Amram Mitzna, head of the I.D.F.'s Staff and Command College, announced two weeks ago that he was requesting a leave of absence in protest over the killings. (He has since relented.) Mitzna bluntly told Sharon, "I have lost faith-in-you." More than 100 top Israeli officers, including everyone above the rank...