41.   Critics blame the government for lax security in allowing the hostage-taking in the city of Budyonnovsk.

42.   Critics blame wrong-headed strategies that have enriched corrupt governments and the wealthy at the expense of the poor.

43.   Critics blamed Geraschenko for fueling inflation with huge credits to ailing industry and agriculture.

44.   Critics blamed the cumbersome process on former President Leonid Kravchuk, who they say purposely devised an election system so demanding that parliament would be unable to convene.

45.   Critics blamed the Provisional Electoral Council for the disorganization.

46.   Critics have also blamed the Ministry of Finance for allowing the questionable lending to spiral out of control.

47.   His critics blame him for the missile scare, saying he provoked China by pursuing international status for Taiwan and traveling to the United States in June.

48.   His critics have blamed him for the corruption that has cost Kenya international loans and left it with ruined roads, schools and hospitals.

49.   However, critics blame him for an economic recession and accuse him of amassing too much power.

50.   His critics blame that kind of combative rhetoric for the economic downturn, saying he scares away investors.