No one person is to "blame" for the difficulties that face some city schools.
In short, the occasion was a typical Putin event: a summons to Russian nationalism and a demand for international "respect" for the country's age-old interests in Eastern Europe, ignored by a West whose unjustified sanctions were to blame for the difficulties facing the Russian economy.
But whoever is to blame for The Public's difficulties, West Bromwich surely has Alsop to thank for giving the town something of joy that will hopefully restore the fortunes of all concerned.
New Jersey's two candidates for United States Senate clashed tonight on issues ranging from the environment and Social Security to prescription drugs and whom was to blame for the C.I.A.'s difficulties in preventing terrorist attacks.
Our enemies did, and they are to blame for the deprivations and difficulties it occasions.
An official said "technical difficulties" were to blame for the abandonment of the project, adding that Iran was now forced to ask foreign companies to make the dolls.
The Mayor complained that reporters were to blame for his difficulties, saying they had "intimidated" potential members and "demonized" his efforts, but it would probably be more accurate to say that the press, like the rest of the city, treated the panel as a joke.
Ken only has himself to blame for his difficulties.
We seem to find it extraordinarily difficult as a society to hold a mid-point between "You have a physical illness, so your distress is real and no one is to blame for it" and "Your difficulties are imaginary or your or someone else's fault, and you ought to pull yourself together".
ICM asked who or what was "most to blame for Britain's recent economic difficulties and the ongoing cutbacks in government spending", and found that twice as many voters (32%) blamed "debts racked up by the last Labour government" as the "coalition's economic management" (16%).
Andrea Mitchell conceded Wednesday that the media is partially to blame for President Obama's staffing difficulties by contributing to a 'gotcha journalism' culture that can torpedo White House nominees over minor flaws.
