11. The head of RJR Nabisco vigorously defended the tobacco industry and blamed the defeat of compromise tobacco legislation on political leaders and public health advocates. 12. The margin was small enough that Democrats widely blamed his defeat on the destructive nature of the primary that had preceded it. 13. PDP leader Chaiwat Sinsuwong blamed the defeat on Sudarat and threatened to expel her as a party MP. 14. A Labor Party inquiry this week blamed the defeat on poor planning and election day organization. 15. But Martinez blamed her defeat more on mental weakness than physical problems. 16. Dementieva, her voice quivering with rage, blamed her defeat on a drastic difference in surfaces between the main and warmup courts. 17. Eberharter partly blamed his defeat on the Austrian coaches, saying they failed to warn him about the tricky turns near the bottom. 18. EU sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, blamed the defeat on low voter turnout and a strong campaign by special interest groups in Ireland. 19. EU sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, blamed the defeat on a low voter turnout and a strong campaign by special interest groups in Ireland. 20. For decades, the Nationalists considered the Soviet Union a hostile nation and blamed their defeat in the Chinese civil war on Soviet aid to the Chinese communists. |