She pointed the finger more in President Bush's direction, placing blame in his corner.
Yet if Britain is closer to the exits than before, politicians do bear the blame in one important way.
In February a House of Lords committee, chaired by Lord Jauncey, did clear the two men of blame in the crash.
The parents of a four-year-old boy who died after falling into the sea in Somerset have been absolved of any blame in his death.
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Perhaps one of these days, a university (or other institution) will actually try the bold move of distancing itself from a bad apple, absolving itself of blame in the process.
She is either going to be brilliant and groundbreaking, or will soon be the target of unattributed quotes by bitter staffers shifting blame in all the Making of the President 2008 books.
Poor management is another problem, although Italy's politicians must bear some of the blame in their choice of bosses and their reluctance to allow the radical restructuring that the airline has long needed.
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At Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Roger Eldredge, a Delta gate agent, sought to deflect blame in explaining to passengers that Flight 486 to La Guardia would be leaving at 4:20 p.m. rather than 3:40 p.m.
But on present evidence the real blame in that event is more likely to lie either with trade-bashing politicians or with the Federal Reserve, which failed to raise interest rates last year to deflate the stockmarket bubble.
Many people, such as bond-market guru Bill Gross, the managing director of fixed-income manager PIMCO, have said that part of the blame in the mortgage crisis lies with the rating agencies who gave mortgage securities high markets.
One final note on Moss: what seems lost in his getting cut is that one of the great talents in the NFL has now been kicked to the curb for the 4th time in his pro career (six including college, counting Florida State and Notre Dame), yet seems to receive little blame in the process, excused by many due to his prodigious talent.
In the Court of Appeal ruling, Lord Justice Sedley said Ms Gibb had done nothing wrong and the blame allocated in the report was accepted by the trust's board who all later resigned.
Several wire service reports blame weakness in the stock today on bearish commentary on the stock from J.
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No one would really blame those in the glass-is-half-full camp if they decided to take a wait-and-see approach to this market.
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Colin Anderson, managing director of Denki puts the blame firmly in the financing and marketing departments of the Game Publishers around the world.
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After all, companies can always blame chaos in the banking system.
This is not an exercise in assigning blame, but an exercise in seeing who knows who.
Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer.
Moreover, I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer, for ultimately the buck stops with me.
At the rate the country is going now, the country will hit the debt ceiling again at some point in the second half of 2012, just in time for Democrats and Republicans to blame each other in time for November elections.
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Case in point: Meridith Whitney, who is given both credit for warning in 2007 of the collapse of Citigroup, and blame for predicting in 2010 that numerous municipalities would be in bankruptcy by now.
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We lose our confidence and become world record breakers in the blame game (more on that in a minute).
The issue is not whether some individuals are held accountable where appropriate but rather whether this done in a spirit of blame and fear as in traditional management, or whether it is about creating a setting where small teams can contribute with all their talents and creativity.
Between puffs of his cigar in a New York City hotel suite, he says that the lawsuit in Texas is largely to blame for the drop in Carso's stock.
Not only does Brown have some culpability in the loss of these five contracts, but he and the board share the blame for miscues in Motorola's recent share buyback program.
But several pundits and politicians in the region blame their difficulties on rich foreigners: in particular, on Americans.
Local councils in Britain complain that clinics and schools are overloaded and central government is slow to dish out help, and local police in areas with many immigrants blame foreigners for a rise in crime.
Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.
They blame an industry in which 60% of the businesses are owned by single store operators.
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