11.   For his part, Miller shouldered the blame for the loss.

12.   Ford shouldered the blame for that when, in fact, the lack of direction starts at the top.

13.   Friesz tried to shoulder the blame, saying his sore right knee affected everything he did and admitting he should have left the game earlier.

14.   Greg Maddux shouldered the blame for a game he thought the Braves lost long before the ninth.

15.   Grove was quick to add that newspaper publishers, who are cutting newsroom costs to save a dwindling bottom line, shoulder the blame for readership decline.

16.   He also was frustrated when forced to shoulder blame for some unauthorized trading on his watch.

17.   He said his wife and Tucker were innocent of all charges and offered to shoulder the blame for actions prosecutors are trying to pin on Mrs. McDougal.

18.   He said Mount Olivet needed to shoulder the blame.

19.   He willingly shoulders blame for the shameful things that I do.

20.   If Americans wind up fighting and dying in the Balkans, then the president will have to shoulder the blame.