1.   Barry blamed his predecessor, Sharon Pratt Kelly, for all the problems, and she blamed him.

2.   Beame blamed his predecessors for the fiscal crisis and contended that his efforts had staved off default.

3.   Beame, reduced to being a figurehead, always blamed his predecessors for the crisis and always complained that naysayers exaggerated its severity.

4.   Binder has blamed his predecessors for the problems.

5.   He also blames his predecessor, Sharon Pratt Kelly, for creating the current fiscal crisis.

6.   Lyons blamed his predecessors in the Bush administration for the delay, saying they brought on the lawsuits and injunctions and left the timber-sale pipeline empty.

7.   The message tells you to blame your predecessor.

8.   Primakov also blamed his predecessor, Sergei Kiriyenko, for igniting the crisis last month.

9.   Primakov blamed his predecessor, Sergei Kiriyenko, for igniting the crisis last month.

10.   Earlier this week, Kuchma named new financial, economic and industry ministers after blaming their predecessors for unsatisfactory performance.