1.   Cardinal Bernard F. Law blamed his woes, in part, on inadequate record keeping.

2.   He blames his woes last season on a foot injury called plantar fasciatis, a tear in the tissue connecting the heel of the foot to the arch.

3.   Some Treasure Coast residents blamed the woes on the sparrow.

4.   Barings has blamed its woes on Singapore-based Leeson, who wrongly bet early this year that Japanese stock prices would rise.

5.   Hitachi blamed its woes on a deterioration in prices for computer memory chips, falling demand for consumer electronics and personal computers and increased restructuring costs.

6.   It blamed its woes on smaller-than-expected holiday sales over the Thanksgiving holiday and warned its third-quarter results would be worse than anticipated.

7.   Kodak largely blamed its woes on a downturn in the U.S. economy.

8.   Most Iraqis blame their woes on the sanctions and to many Saddam remains a hero.

9.   One rival, NorthPoint Communications Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection last month, blaming its woes on a canceled merger with Verizon Communications Inc.

10.   The companies have blamed their woes on worsening economic conditions and intensifying price wars around the world.