1.   Critics blame defensive zone-blitz schemes, the regression of offensive line play because of free-agency and four-wide receiver sets that leave passers vulnerable.

2.   Critics blame the failure to devise a comprehensive approach on soaring industry donations to political campaigns.

3.   Critics blamed a lack of medical care and poor supervision in homes often staffed by untrained, minimum-wage workers.

4.   Critics often blame the spiraling costs on the insistence of the Environmental Protection Agency that cleanups be held to standards that are so unreasonable and unattainable they defy logic.

5.   Critics blame Blades for trying to manhandle the party from abroad as he goes about making movies and recording CDs.

6.   Critics blame Kress for his willingness to compromise, saying he knows the significance of each concession he makes to broaden support for the Bush plan.

7.   Critics blame Lott for failing to protect Jeffords from such sniping.

8.   Critics blame low wages for the poor quality of security workers.

9.   Critics blame the economics of corporate consolidation and the pressures on managers to take few risks and stick to programming that pleases advertisers by drawing the largest possible audience.

10.   Critics blame the high-stakes game that college sports have become.