Word: scapegoats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seems kind of silly...It seems as it this squirt gun has been chosen to be the scapegoat for larger problems," says Miller, "It is just a squirt gun, after...
CULTURE: Election-Year Scapegoat...
George Bush blamed LBJ. Jerry Brown blamed George Bush. Dan Quayle found an intriguing scapegoat: Murphy Brown. (Murphy Brown?) Mickey Rourke of 9 1/2 Weeks fame took it upon himself to blame Spike Lee. (Mickey Rourke...
Sometimes the Americans find that convenient. She was publicly -- well, in a background briefing, which is about as public as Washington gets -- made the scapegoat for complaints that the Palestinians were paying more attention to the TV cameras and their constituents back home than to sound negotiating positions. Hanan did not take that lying down. She telephoned directly to the official involved, a very high-ranking man, and told him just how upset she was. "She took it personally," he says, but shrugs off her dismay...
Celia thinks that Lucy's marriage to the unworthy and violent Mikey is a farce. She tries in vain to break up their marriage and uses Sam as the scapegoat. Leimbach strategically juxtaposes the strength of Lucy's marriage against strength of bonds between the members of the Haskell family. Lucy and Mikey, along with their four children share a bond that Sam relates to, despite his growing entanglement with Lucy. Furthermore, Eli, Ginny's boyfriend who owns a nightclub, adds to the chaos and dishevelment of this network. Everyone is knit together closely...