Word: blame
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Some blame for the stall rests with the archaic ICC, despite its unanimous backing of the Penn Central. The commission made a basic mistake by taking up the eastern mergers piecemeal instead of together. This made it possible -and probable-that every other railroad would commence to scramble for position. There are indications, however, that even the hoary ICC is changing. Last month Commissioner William H. Tucker, 43, a onetime paratrooper who is not afraid to jump into railroad battles, moved into the chairman's job. Tucker has long argued against the case-by-case approach. "The public...
...Nothing to Lose." Pennsy Chairman Stuart Saunders lays most of the blame squarely on the railroad he formerly headed: the Norfolk & Western. "A campaign of delay is being conducted in good part by the Norfolk & Western Railway," Saunders told the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce recently. "With everything to gain and nothing to lose, the N. & W. seems to want to prolong as long as it possibly can the tremendous competitive advantages gained from its own merger with the Nickel Plate and Wabash, which has been in effect for more than two years." Saunders called the N. & W. "the Marie Antoinette...
...famous phrase by the General Motors man here who said "Everything that is good for the United states is good for Brazil." This is not necessarily true. And it is a very unhappy way of putting it. Of Course Brazilinas resent this, and when they resent it they blame America...
...wouldn't blame the defendant for his counsel?" Moynihan asked the prospective juror, drawing more laughs out of the crowd...
...society. At some point revolutionary movements may have to compromise their radicalism in order to succeed. Still they must hold off compromise as long as possible to attain independence in the end. Peter Weiner's article called "Guatemala: the Aborted Revolution" is distressing because it places most of the blame for the failure of that revolution on the United States. If American aid is so important for the success of a Guatemalan revolution, then these people will not become independent. Aid means future obligations...