Word: blame
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blame myself very much for the distorted stories that got about after the arrest of Col. Williams, and it was an unfortunate mischance that prevented me from giving out the true story...
...boss in conference with a man who had a long red scar on the back of his hand, he had the feeling that something queer was afoot. This goes to show that in a mystery story not even the hero should jump to conclusions. Still, you can hardly blame Jim (who was not overly given to suspicion), for he never laid eyes again on the scarred man till they suddenly met in a dripping cavern, in the dark. Between those two meetings Jim had plenty to think about...
...refused to do work as signed them in the Siberian Kuznetsk coal fields. It was decreed that no one in Russia shall employ these "deserters" for the next six months, and that their food cards be canceled. If they do not starve to death clandestine charity will be to blame. In the Soviet mind, Russia is now fighting an ''economic war," and it is pointed out that in other kinds of wars deserters are shot. Thus, Moscovites argue, the Soviet State is "more merciful" than are capitalist States...
...Things Are in a typical country household, had the memorable motto: "I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat." When you have become thoroughly acquainted with a Delafield heroine you know she is entertainingly human, can only wonder helplessly whether to praise or blame...
...driver is liable to get pinched at that. It would be a lot more convenient to be established permanently on some nice inexpensive location in the city, like the Biltmore, and not have to rush back to New Haven every so often for classes. One can hardly blame the Yale undergraduates for resorting to some slight deception for the accomplishment of such an end. But those at Harvard who are heard to mumble something about "unfair competition" have no call to be jarred from their habitual indifference. Temporary fads like that are common enough at Yale. They even abolished...