In addition, he said he takes his share of the blame for not explaining health care proposals more clearly to the public.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Some people blame Californians themselves for the current troubles of the Golden State.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Agricultural experts blame a number of farm activities for producing greenhouse gases.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Researchers also blame long periods of dry weather and heavy rain.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Scientists blame strong earthquakes for eighty to ninety percent of tsunamis.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Fewer people bought his books. Some people said Doctor Spock's teachings were to blame for the way young people in the nineteen sixties and seventies rebelled against the rules of society.

VOA: special.2009.03.15

The rebels blame military shelling for killing 2,000 people in the sliver of coastal land in the northeast it still holds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

Some economists blame a lack of oversight of the subprime mortgage industry for fueling the global financial meltdown that followed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The committee will not set out to apportion blame or consider issues of civil or criminal liability,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Analysts blame the sharp increase on the turbulent national elections and a re-emerging Taliban facing a surge of U.S.troops, determined to take the provinces.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Poland is furious that Russian military and intelligence officials appear to lay significant blame on Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Pakistani officials blame militants based in the tribal regions for much of the violence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Most observers and political analysts blame Mr.Mugabe for the lack of progress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Somaliland authorities blame al-Shabab for October 2008 suicide bombings that rocked its capital city and tarnished its image as a pocket of peace and stability in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Mr.Obama said some of the blame extends into his own administration.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

"Whether or not they blame Karzai for that personally, I think that there is a general sense among significant parts of the population that it may be time for a change.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Kubysheva,a normally patient grandmother, is part of a growing number of Russians in the countryside and the city, who increasingly blame part of the massive fire damage on government mismanagement and lack of investment.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

But I think he should have seen it coming,". In congressional testimony, Bernanke has placed much of the blame for the 2008 financial meltdown on lax governmental regulation of banks and other entities as authorized by Congress, rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24