Word: faulting
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Physicist and former Delaware lieutenantgovernor S.B. Woo addressed a different fault ofcontemporary politicians...
...Critics fault the Harvard Management Corporation (HMC) for contributing $20 to $40 million to a limited partnership of 70 investors whose funds were used in the $24.3 billion buyout of food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco last November...
...inch below the lush turf of the Reagan prosperity, fault lines are already formed. While the elderly have grown more affluent, one-fifth of America's children live in poverty. While there was a legitimate need to increase defense resources, the Administration tolerated such sloth that blatant waste and scams eventually evoked an anti-Pentagon backlash. While Reagan celebrated deregulation as the key to a more creative economy, lax scrutiny of the savings and loan industry contributed to widespread failures that will cost taxpayers tens of billions. Wall Street's obsession with wasteful takeovers diverted resources away from constructive investment...
Reagan vs. Bush. Reagan's expansive claims about having revived the American Dream have helped keep his popularity high. But the public takes a hard-headed view of his performance in some areas; 55% think he did a "poor job" in maintaining programs for the needy, and 63% fault him for the deficit. In fact, Americans expect Bush to outperform Reagan on some issues...
Last week the public learned that its appetite for a complete explanation of the affair -- and a judgment of who was at fault -- will probably go forever unfulfilled. After spending nearly 25 months and an estimated $13 million investigating North's role in the illegal diversion of profits from a secret Iranian arms sale to the Nicaraguan contras, Walsh suddenly moved to drop the most serious charges against the former National Security Council staffer. The independent counsel's action made it all but certain that the total dimensions of the scandal will never be aired in court...