31.   Several aviation experts lay the blame for the safety problems at China Airlines on its senior pilots, most of whom are drawn from the Taiwan Air Force.

32.   Slattery said he was frustrated with criticism of his company that tried to lay blame for the uprising on it.

33.   Addressing the court, he lay blame for his predicament on the former Socialist government, which he has said in the past persecuted him.

34.   Although most of the dozen speakers limited their remarks to condolences, a few sought to lay blame.

35.   An Islamic group in Singapore on Thursday urged people not to lay blame too quickly for the terrorist attacks in the United States.

36.   Andersen has sought to lay blame for the document destruction on its lead Enron auditor, David Duncan, and others in its Houston office.

37.   Boucher expressed regret for the loss of life Friday but refused to lay blame.

38.   Earlier, Russian commanders have warned of rebel plans to attack Chechen markets and lay the blame on federal troops.

39.   He did not lay specific blame.

40.   His silence came as his former colleagues, top officials of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, sought to lay the blame squarely on him.