"Whenever we lose, people tend to look for scapegoats" he was quoted as saying.
In 1982 Mexico's private banks were nationalised, as scapegoats for a failing economic policy.
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Mr. Brown's design became one of the scapegoats in a decadeslong debate over what killed the Edsel.
Are you going to suggest that Jane and John Doe look for scapegoats for their current woes?
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But blaming these scapegoats does not improve the life of a single person in the Arab world.
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Instead of finding scapegoats and bringing in Buggins, that is indeed what they should be focused on.
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Easier to focus on small mistakes and throw a few scapegoats overboard than to examine the big picture.
It got so bad last week that Republicans weren't only looking for answers, they were looking for scapegoats.
Now, reportedly, six of them have been designated as the scapegoats for what is manifestly an institutional failure.
The animals might be mythical characters, symbolic scapegoats, tribal families, mnemonic devices, or perhaps totemic scarecrows, guarding the pillars from evil.
Mr Romo says that during times of economic distress, the border and the immigrants who cross it are used as scapegoats.
But now that Mr Putin himself is in the prime ministerial seat it may be harder for him to find scapegoats.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said teachers should not be made scapegoats for the system.
After 181 years of Brazilian independence, we Portuguese should at least be proud of being one of the longest-surviving scapegoats in history.
Any really good Wall Street or Washington scandal always needs a few scapegoats, and JP Morgan found them right away.
Some troopers feel they are being made scapegoats because of the economy.
Concerned about being made scapegoats, controllers have engaged in strikes and work slowdowns to raise safety concerns, causing months of delays and cancellations.
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However, Mike Baker, regional representative of the Motorcycle Action Group, said bikers should not be used as scapegoats for any increase in accidents.
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Nonetheless, there is little doubt that they are convenient scapegoats for the firms that employed them and for the rest of the industry.
But most importantly there should be systems of blame-free reporting and, in the wake of disasters, investigations that seek essential lessons rather than scapegoats.
Opponents portray the regulation as government nagging that scapegoats sugary drinks for a multifaceted fat problem, and they say the restriction is unfairly narrow.
Ms. NELL MINOW (Co-Founder, The Corporate Library): We're not talking about - these guys - these are not scapegoats and they are certainly not virgins.
In publishing his report, Robert Francis himself said he was keen to focus on measures to improve care across the NHS and avoid creating scapegoats.
Republicans, disgruntled at the returns and looking for scapegoats, elected Watts.
Others, meanwhile, worry that police officers and firefighters are being turned into scapegoats because they are the city's most visible employees earning the largest pensions.
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But when the market crashed in mid-2000, investors wanted answers--and scapegoats.
Others chose to find scapegoats among those they already dislike.
The search for economic scapegoats almost always turns to trade.
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Was I looking for scapegoats when I wrote my post?
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If the U.S. economy is still struggling with high unemployment, and perhaps rising inflation, in the run up to the 2012 presidential election, everyone will be looking for scapegoats.
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