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...page Cox Report, unanimously approved by the bipartisan House Intelligence Committee, put enormous pressure on the White House to act. When political winds are swirling, the ability to conduct a thorough investigation is, to be sure, difficult. But to single out just one employee and saddle him with the blame is inexcusable. Even more worrisome is suspicion that Lee, a naturalized American citizen, was targeted because of his Taiwanese ancestry...
Bruised, battered and frustrated, the losing team inevitably searches for someone to blame in the face of an unexpected defeat. To place the onus on one's own shortcomings is to lose face; to credit the other team for a better performance is to admit inferiority. The most foolproof tact is to, instead, blame the referee--for a bad call on a particularly key play, for consistently favoring the other team or for simply being, as school kids are apt to whine in gym class, "not fair...
...York Post scribe puts out a weekly column that lambastes the people and practices he believes are ruining sports. The great thing about Mushnick's articles is that he finds a way to blame pretty much everything wrong in the world on professional wrestling...
...more than a little nervous," he said in his tentative English, as three female Japanese interpreters in brightly colored suits hovered nearby. Ono offered a sharp contrast to the carefully scripted performance of Ford boss Jac Nasser, who would later pin the blame squarely on Firestone's tires. He was visibly uncomfortable, expressing regret on one hand, denying any tire defect on the other. And his watered-down apology incited a harsh response. Senator Richard Shelby, Alabama Republican, summed up the general sentiment by asking, "What does it take to put a company on notice that perhaps they...
What drove me to such insanity? Blame it on Windows Millennium Edition, the latest version of Windows, set for release this week. The best--and arguably only--reason to pay $59 for Windows Me, as it's known, is to get the new "system restore" features designed to make your software indestructible. By automatically taking a snapshot of your hard drive every day (or any other interval you designate), Windows Me lets you go back after a crash and restore the computer to its previous settings--something Windows never did before. It also stops you from deleting essential files needed...