21.   By pointing the finger at Grachev, Yeltsin may have been trying to deflect the blame for the debacle and pave the way for a shakeup in the army.

22.   For its part, Sinn Fein sought to deflect all blame back onto the Ulster Unionists and British government.

23.   His words were a possible prelude to finding scapegoats on whom blame could be deflected.

24.   Hybl has been unpopular with many IOC delegates, who feel he deflected blame for the Salt Lake City bribery scandal away from the USOC and onto the IOC.

25.   Rebel Serb leaders sacked four generals Monday, hoping to deflect blame for humiliating battlefield losses to government and Croat forces in northwestern Bosnia.

26.   Rebel Serb leaders sacked four generals on Monday, hoping to deflect blame for humilitating battlefield losses to government and Croat forces in northwestern Bosnia.

27.   The army accused the rebels of trying to deflect blame.

28.   The company that manufactures the actual ballots is also deflecting blame.

29.   The manufacturer of the American Eagle commuter plane that crashed during a storm tried to deflect blame from the aircraft, saying it exceeds federal icing standards.

30.   The sackings were announced by the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb assembly, where rebel leader Radovan Karadzic sought to deflect any blame from his policies.