71.   They see it as an attempt by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to shift blame for his policies to outside powers and ordinary Serbs.

72.   They have denied charges of murder, conspiracy and endangering aircraft safety, and are seeking to shift the blame to two radical Palestinian groups based in Syria.

73.   Twenty-one months later, Wei defended himself in court, saying the charges and the trial were an attempt by the government to shift the blame.

74.   Yeltsin is a master at shifting blame, but few Russians believe him.

75.   Yeltsin later shifted the blame for the debts to regional authorities.

76.   Yeltsin may only be deceiving himself with his tactics of shifting blame and endangering the very reforms he claims to be defending.

77.   Yeltsin tries to shift blame again.

78.   Yeltsin has fired his deputies frequently, and is well known for a strategy of shifting blame to others for perceived failures of his government.

79.   Netanyahu on Thursday again accused the Palestinians of being solely responsible for the deadlock, while Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shifted the blame on to Israel.

80.   The fact-finding mission admitted to shortcomings among consular staff but did not announce any punishments or shift the blame for the outcome away from China.