51.   Patrick blamed the loss on a sharp drop in movie attendance.

52.   Pettitte blamed his loss on his inability to buckle down after the Knoblauch play.

53.   Otis Smith, the veteran defensive back, blamed the loss on lack of preparation and overconfidence.

54.   Skates blamed the loss on delays in bringing out a new line of Clariion data storage devices.

55.   She now blames her loss to Bush on her opposition to allowing Texans to carry concealed weapons.

56.   She won only one match there, blaming her loss on a lack of match play.

57.   Some blame a loss of God-centeredness.

58.   Sumitomo blames the loss on a decade of unauthorized trading by its former chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka.

59.   Sumitomo blames the loss on a decade of unauthorized transactions by its former chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka.

60.   That loss was understandably blamed on a back-to-back schedule complicated by travel problems in Vancouver.