Much of the blame may be attributable toMr Schröder's first finance minister, Oskar Lafontaine, who resigned abruptly in March, having provocatively promoted bastard-Keynesian and other policies.
They fought back to win the next two matches fairly comfortably and retain their ICC number one ranking in the 50-over format, but they were below par in Nottingham, with much of the blame for their defeat attributable to their batsmen, who gifted their wickets in England's 182 all out.
The Department of Education's study stopped short of placing blame but the stark racial disparities are probably attributable to unconscious bias.
This week the Sun, a British tabloid, complained of "road chaos as athletes arrive", a "security shambles" and "as for that bloody rain…"—which, admittedly, is not directly attributable to the games, but has to be blamed on something.Part of the reason that people get grumpy about the games is inflated expectations: the Olympics are always mis-sold.
As I've argued elsewhere, almost every social or cultural factor blamed for the plight of the middle-class is directly attributable to the plight we created as a society through political choices.
It's too easy to blame the funders, with their logical frameworks and simplistic demands for tangible and attributable results.
While the White House's optimistic comments on the poor job numbers are transparent spin, I struggle with Paul Krugman's implication that the prosperous economic times of the Clinton era were attributable to the Clinton administration and that the Bush administration is to blame for the difficult economic times that have persisted (column, Aug. 10).
Rowena Mason, deputy political editor: The chancellor blames the lower growth forecasts for next year on higher predicted inflation and economic uncertainty, mostly attributable to the vote to leave the EU.
This, of course, did not stop Messrs Cameron and Osborne from blaming the subsequent increase in public sector borrowing and debt on Labour, when it was entirely attributable to the consequences of the banking crisis.
"But my marriage's collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity more than it was to Vietnam, and I cannot escape blame by pointing a finger at the war.
