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He found a way to transfer the blame for a refusal to me.
In its crime policy, it took actions that it knew were futile in order to create an appearance of effective action and to transfer the blame for inaction to the political opposition.
"In addition to the police wrongdoing that caused the deaths, there is evidence of the systematic cover-up intended to transfer the blame for what happened from South Yorkshire police to the innocent, by spreading lies, doctoring evidence, pressurising witnesses and suppressing the truth.
Last September, it was widely reported, before the coalition had even published its brutal Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), he agreed a 27% cut with the Treasury in the grant local councils receive from Whitehall – a huge reduction even by CSR standards, and one seemingly intended, slyly, to transfer the blame for cuts from the coalition to councils.
A statement on behalf of Saunders Legal team said there was evidence of "the systematic cover-up intended to transfer the blame for what happened from South Yorkshire Police to the innocent, by spreading lies, doctoring evidence, pressurising witnesses and suppressing the truth".
Many people come up with rationalizations that excuse their own shortcomings and transfer the blame to others.
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I've always leant on original sin in a difficult moment because it transfers the blame from me to everyone.
Your article transfers the blame for unaffordable tuition from the colleges themselves to the parents who have struggled to save for the cost of a state college.
And by transferring the blame for deprivation on to deprived people there is instant political justification for the lack of investment these communities so desperately require.
True, up until that point, the fact that Uncle Billy is one loan short of a portfolio has been Very Loudly Telegraphed, but this only makes it worse, transferring the blame to George for trusting such a glaring buffoon with a fortune in cash.
As Martha Minow (1998: 11) puts it, it is possible "to transfer the responsibilities for apportioning blame and punishment from victims to public bodies acting according to the rule of law".
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