Word: scapegoatism
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Once more the Federal Republic of Germany is the scapegoat for Israel's inability to handle its domestic affairs. I, as a German citizen, am not ashamed of Schmidt as our Chancellor. Also, I do not feel responsible for what happened in the Third Reich. I can only try to keep it from happening again...
...Room 31 and found Agca's Perugian student card, his false passport, an extra cartridge clip for the Browning and the letter in Turkish boasting of the Pope's death. In the familiar tones of 1979, it denounced "Russian and American imperialism" and made John Paul the scapegoat for both...
There was no scapegoat handy to explain the Crimson performance. The weather, usually conveniently outrageous in New England-staged competition, was beautiful. By the second day, the course was no longer the Potowomut Myster Course. Nobody's arm broke. Nobody's suntan lotion exploded...
...simple arithmetic which Professor Glazer offers is precisely the kind of thinking that has made programs for the poor a scapegoat for the social meanness and shortisighted economic analysis that is currently dominating the country. I'm very sorry to see Professor Glazer adding to it. Gary Bellow Professor...
Knowles proceeds to rig this promising situation unmercifully. His plan calls for the Devon boys to find a scapegoat on whom they can vent their frustration. They are goaded by the editor of the school paper, whose murky motive seems to be a belief that the U.S. needs a good purging. Someone breaks a new window in the chapel; four athletes corner a suspect and, while trying to force a confession out of him, bring on his death. A teacher then meditates on "that monster war-sending last thin death waves still reverberating around the world, even here to this...