Many blame mainlanders for exacerbating these woes.
Senior ministers privately blame each other for exacerbating the market instability.
He was referring to investments such as collateralised debt obligations blamed for exacerbating the credit crunch.
Mrs. Merkel has blamed the practice for exacerbating the debt crisis in Europe.
Mr. Lellouche also took a swipe at credit-rating agencies for exacerbating market turmoil.
Logging, which deprives river banks of water-absorbing tree cover, was blamed for exacerbating the disaster.
When Bear Stearns was bailed out, last spring, the move was attacked for exacerbating the threat of moral hazard.
During the Reagan years, though, he began taking aim at the Republi-cans, whom he blamed for exacerbating economic inequality.
He blamed Mr Chaudhry for exacerbating tensions before the coup and claimed to have led a return to stability.
An Amnesty International report recently blamed the regime for exacerbating the food crisis and for related human-rights abuses.
Indirectly, he also blamed the settlements — and the military presence their defense requires — for exacerbating the tension between Israelis and Palestinians.
