Word: blame
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...GAME. UNBELIEVABLE. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but this is a MONUMENTAL COLLAPSE on Harvard's part. TERRIBLE defense in the final minute for the Crimson have cost the Cambridge boys dearly tonight. A collective WTF? on the faces of the fans. I don't blame them...
...unrealized potential, populated by Americans who are as ignorant and poorly educated about science as religion. Jacoby condemns unsparingly—objects of her criticism include Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, Katie Couric, and Virginia Woolf—but pins the greater part of blame for society’s anti-intellectualism on religious fundamentalism, media packaging, pseudoscience, and exploitative political pandering. The book’s argument is intriguing and, given this year’s presidential race, especially well-timed. The focus of the historical analysis, which constitutes the bulk of the work...
...insane. Repeatedly denigrating himself as “the new boy” and just a “flat-foot,” Martens accepts his share of responsibility for the murders he helped commit as part of the secret police. He does not attempt to pass the blame off onto the inevitability of the system.It is unclear to what extent the characters in the novella are conscious of the role they play in the proceedings. A vague sense of emergency lies at the very foundations of the totalitarian state: “We didn’t speak...
...certainly can't blame the players for any of these problems. Power forward David West stepped up his scoring, and made his first All-Star team. Center Tyson Chandler, long lambasted for being seven feet of soft, has emerged as one of the best rebounders in the NBA. Sharpshooting Serbian Peja Stojakovic is back from injuries and draining three-pointers every night. However, the Hornets wouldn't sting a thing without Paul. In just his third year in the NBA, Paul is averaging a career-high 20.5 points and 10.8 assists per game, while hitting a career best...
...Hornets staffers also blame football for the team's slow start. They started selling tickets as the Saints kicked off a season that carried Super Bowl expectations (alas, they didn't even make the playoffs). Plus, up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University began a march to the national championship. "Our attendance is reflective of that circumstance," says Hugh Weber, the Hornets' president. "Football is a way of life here...