Though I'm obviously to blame, I also fault the casualness of iPhone photography and Instagram (especially Instagram).

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"Tonight, I think fatigue caught up to us a little bit, but I'm not going to blame it on that, " Sanders said.

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Considering that both sent me to a store whose existence I later verified, I'm more inclined to blame my caffeine-deprived brain than the phones.

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"I'm happy to take the blame for the start of the season because I am the manager, " Dowie has said.

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Mr. FIELDS: Well, you know, I'm not going to get into a blame game here, because I don't think that's productive for anybody at Ford Motor Company.

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We can argue all we want about who's to blame for this, but I'm not interested in re-litigating the past.

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If there's a star to blame here (and, to be clear, I'm not sure there is I'd bet the amateur look and sound of the movie is what kept audiences away), it's lead actress Julianne Hough, whose first three music-and-dance features since leaving "Dancing with the Stars" have all been relative box office disappointments.

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And what I'm not open to is a decision to stay on the sidelines and then assign blame.

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