After over-exposing themselves to structured-investment vehicles and auction-rate securities, treasurers want to be able to blame someone else if things go wrong again.

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If I did fail, how could I pass the blame to someone else?

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Once again, he is clearly trying to shift blame to someone else.

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In my own experience, it is not the CEOs or managers who deftly shift the blame to someone else who inspire loyalty among their staff, create innovative solutions, or transform organizations.

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Further, it is unclear who would have the motivation to go to these extraordinary lengths to place the blame for these attacks on someone else.

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"We have a culture of trying to place blame on the manufacturer or someone else with deep pockets, but ultimately the safety of children is beholden to their parents, " Felman says.

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Gently as America may have trodden, Russia's belief that it has been wronged by the West will not easily be argued away--not least because it comforts Russia to have someone else to blame for its problems.

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McCoy said she was sure someone else was to blame.

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