41.   Rather than take a good look at themselves and seek to resolve their problems, they shift the blame for their condition on to the ruling establishment.

42.   Q. One of my fellow employees has a knack of shifting the blame from himself to me every time he does something wrong.

43.   Rarely, however, do we find a defeated candidate with the creativity to shift the blame to another loser.

44.   Some former allies have shifted blame on her for the tragic end to the protests.

45.   The lawyers said that when Curry was confronted with evidence of fraud, he tried to shift the blame to his secretary, who had recently retired.

46.   The mayor needs to take care not to rationalize government failures by shifting blame onto the shoulders of private citizens.

47.   The swift reaction from Republicans was to try to shift the blame to the Democrats in general and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in particular.

48.   Too often in Albany, politicians spend more time plotting a posture that will allow them to shift the blame than actually trying to make progress through compromise.

49.   Too often, passengers are treated like children incapable of handling the truth, or airlines massage facts to shift blame for delays.

50.   We believe that the police know the real killers of Nkala and are seeking to protect them by shifting the blame.