Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...incursions was to push the war into relatively undefended areas. That could saddle Washington with ever wider responsibilities in the long run-or with the blame for evading them...
Power companies blame the problem on various unusual circumstances. For one, there is a shortage of both coal and available coal-carrying railroad cars. For another, natural gas-the best alternative fuel-is in even tighter supply. And, conservationists' lawsuits have slowed the construction of nuclear power plants, which may cause thermal pollution and radiation dangers. If such obstacles could be overcome, the companies imply, there would be no crisis. But there is far more to the problem...
Brewer, a calm, effective but unexciting Governor, must bear some of the blame for his loss. After shocking Wallace by topping him in the seven-man Democratic primary last month, Brewer campaigned for the runoff in such a low-keyed manner that Wallace grabbed all of the attention. A racial moderate -from the Southern viewpoint-Brewer had no desire to embrace the black vote openly or to engage in racial arguments with Wallace. His strategy was a lofty "Mr. Clean" approach that even ruled out attacks on the previous Wallace administrations. "You can't fight Wallace with one hand...
...attacks in the past, and it will survive them again. The people of this country are not stupid, and they can see easily enough who is responsible for the fact that Americans are being shot at and killed in Vietnam. Government apologies have long tried to argue that the blame for the American deaths should be placed not on the men who sent Americans to die in Vietnam, but on the people who have urged that they be brought home again. This argument will not work much longer, if it ever...
...have we come to such a pass? ...Many of us must share the blame: Those of us in positions to have moved more rapidly than we have to correct obvious abuses and shortcomings which have festered too long among us. Those responsible for instruction too long reluctant to re-examine traditional offerings and teaching methods...