11.   Many dealers and customers have blamed the drop in sales to the higher price of the new model.

12.   Tech law school officials blame the drop in minority enrollment partly on their inability to continue offering affirmative action scholarships.

13.   The company blamed the drop on the impact of strikes in France during the run-up to Christmas.

14.   The company blamed the drop on reduction in state-financed projects as well as a slump and declining prices in the construction industry.

15.   The company blamed the drop on lower aluminum prices and increased energy costs.

16.   The company blamed the drop on lower prices for aluminum, which it refines, and increased energy costs.

17.   The drop is blamed on fear of terrorism and other violence.

18.   Camelot blamed the drop on sales to uncertainty last year when the government license to run the lottery was put up for auction.

19.   Dealers blamed the drop on regional currency woes and the move by Phatra Thanakit PCL.

20.   Economists blamed the drop on recent U.S. controls on money transfers from Dominicans living in the United States to their relatives in the Dominican Republic.