21.   But apparently he wrote his scalding memo after he grew tired of taking the fall for the First Lady.

22.   But last Friday Smith testified that she heard Irvin thanking Beck for taking the fall.

23.   But now one of us has to take the fall.

24.   But perhaps no one will take the fall for the stimulus debacle.

25.   But somebody has to take the fall.

26.   But the coach is going to take the fall, just like the quarterback.

27.   But the manager took the fall, claiming it was his call, and the following year he was fired.

28.   But the story line that has Mike resigning after taking the fall for a mob scandal involving the mayor is lame.

29.   But when a short-tenured executive takes the fall, it is also evidence of a boardroom blunder.

30.   But when they sneak into the system of a giant corporation, they are set up to take the fall for electronic crimes they have not committed.