41.   The company laid the blame for the contempt charge on Scruggs.

42.   The official accident report, to be released next month, probably lays the blame for the accident on the drunkenness of driverHenri Paul, employed by Fayed.

43.   The president was vehement in laying the blame for the political deadlock on the Albanians.

44.   The ship had no mechanical problems, and the blame was laid on an exhausted crew.

45.   Then again, a woman who can forgive her parents for committing her is not a woman who lays blame easily.

46.   Threatening messages have been left on the answering machine of Dallas Massey, the tribal chairman, laying blame for the fire at the feet of the Apache.

47.   Turkish leaders have often blamed Kurdish violence on foreign countries, and today Ecevit laid much blame on Greece.

48.   Vajpayee, though, laid the blame on Pakistan.

49.   With the suggestions that Milosevic is using Kosovar Albanians as human shields, both NATO and the Pentagon are also laying the blame for these deaths at his feet.

50.   OSCE monitors and NATO officials have been cautious in laying blame for earlier breakdowns in the cease-fire, saying that ethnic Albanian provocation also played a role.