The paper, he said, had "brought itself down.
Greece could never have brought itself into line with Germany overnight.
It is a headache Beijing has brought upon itself.
This is troubling in many ways, but it is what the league has brought upon itself.
But this is primarily an American catastrophe that America has brought upon itself.
They should be able to talk, in blunt terms, about the full range of dangers faced by Israel, including the danger Israel has brought upon itself.
Many have, in effect, remained on the harshly lighted court plaza, probing the decision, sifting through the constitutional chaos, assessing the damage they feel the court has brought on itself and the nation.
Mr. Torpey confided in an e-mail interview last week: "What the world really needs is frank open dialogue about all of the problems that afflict us, most importantly the ones mankind has brought upon itself.
And in the wake of Paul Tagliabue's decision Tuesday to entirely vacate the discipline Goodell, his successor as commissioner, had given four players for their roles in the bounty program, the league was left to sort through how badly that shield had been damaged by the fallout of one of the oddest ordeals it has brought upon itself.
The chairman of the bank HDFC, Deepak Parekh, echoed this sentiment on Monday, saying in a letter to shareholders that "as a result of the self-inflicted traumas that India has brought upon itself, some companies are caught in the dilemma of giving up the 'billion opportunity.' ".
