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  1. Appear to be a cultural monstrosity. Such a text may be attacked or even made a, scapegoat ,by some as well as be defended by others" ( LaCapra 220). Under the more
  2. Of the Second World War ”, the Allies were required to make the Nazis the “, scapegoat ,” for their own misdeeds. Barnes' name has since been appropriated by some
  3. The political confusion in Athens. Therefore, he was willing to serve as a “, scapegoat ,” so that Athens could set aside old disputes and move forward in a new, more
  4. Calla had received was too stern, and 69 % believed Calla had been made a, scapegoat ,.: We intend to tell who it was that gave us those orders; that created that
  5. S attention for his incompetence and excess weight, making him the platoon, scapegoat , After a blanket party from the rest of the platoon for failing almost
  6. Actions as a soldier had earned him wide respect, but he seems to have become a, scapegoat ,after the debacle. He was among the few English military leaders to avoid death
  7. When in a tight corner. Yet, on the other hand, the Fund could provide a ‘, scapegoat ,service’ where governments could take loans as a last resort, whilst blaming
  8. Dr. Rae himself was Scots). Rae's respect for the Inuit and his refusal to, scapegoat ,them in the Franklin affair arguably harmed his career. Lady Franklin's
  9. Which include the sprinkling of the blood on the mercy seat, and the use of a, scapegoat ,sent to Azazel; the same source also being responsible for small alterations to
  10. Due to the conflict of the Schools of Theology, there would be an impasse and a, scapegoat , i.e. Pope Discords. The Tome of Leo has been widely criticized (
  11. And Montgomery made Sosabowski (who had been ignored) and the Poles the, scapegoat , But D’Ester notes that Montgomery’s admission of a mistake was unique:" the
  12. Provide the impetus for new antiterrorist legislation while using McVeigh as a, scapegoat , Other conspiracy theories suggest that foreign agents, particularly Islamic
  13. Against getting distracted by conspiracy theories which demonize and, scapegoat ,such forums and clubs. He argues that the Lederberg group acts in a manner
  14. On the CBS television program Face the Nation that he would probably be a ", scapegoat ," for the Bureau's work. " I think this is justified, and I'd do it again
  15. A yearand only for one person. In this it resembles the Greek farmers or, scapegoat ,— though in contrast, pharmakos generally ejected a lowly member of the
  16. Would be defeated regardless of who led them into the election, and wanted a ", scapegoat ,who would bear the burden of his unpopularity" rather than a true successor.
  17. From Omegas. " Background and themes" The central idea of this psychomyth,the, scapegoat ,", writes Le Goon," turns up in Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov, and several
  18. Notoriety as a cult figure, being portrayed as a victim of society and as a, scapegoat ,in the media. At the same time he was seen as an outlaw and a rebel, and
  19. Allowed him to maintain an image of non-alignment, and it provided a convenient, scapegoat ,for problems at home. For example, in 1970,he expelled four Soviet diplomats
  20. Others. In this destructive scenario, these others are made to serve as the, scapegoat ,of man's own unspoken and subconscious frustrations and fears. Other
  21. If the tangent bundle is stably trivial * Frame up, the incrimination of a, scapegoat ,in place of the perpetrator of a crime * En framing or Estelle, part of
  22. Historians Valuers and Van Goethe wrote that Leopold III had become" The, scapegoat ,of Ranked" because the French Prime Minister was likely already aware that
  23. His reputation in America was one of a tyrant and in Britain he became" the, scapegoat ,for the failure of imperialism ". He is most remembered as" The Mad King" and
  24. 2003). Historian James Lockhart suggests that the people needed to have a, scapegoat ,for the Aztec defeat, and Moctezuma naturally fell into that role. Hernán
  25. Over others. " But Tristan Hunt argues that Engels has become a convenient, scapegoat , too easily blamed for the state crimes of the Soviet Union, Communist
  26. Georgia. *2003 – Chicago Cubs fan Steve Batman becomes infamously known as the, scapegoat ,for the Cubs losing game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series to
  27. Having made such an order and leaves angrily, declaring that he has been made a, scapegoat , Bollard then offers DAX Mireau's command, claiming that DAX had been angling
  28. The only time he ever witnessed such an outburst. Voroshilov still became the, scapegoat ,for the initial failures in Finland. He was later replaced as Defense Commissar
  29. That Matey Hard was never a double agent, speculating that she was used as a, scapegoat ,by the head of French counter-espionage. Georges Layout had been responsible
  30. Nationalism and the Zionist movement; and the readiness of unpopular regimes to, scapegoat ,local Jews for political purposes. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the
  31. Beautifying the austere Cite Palace in Paris for Eleanor's sake. The official, scapegoat ,for the disaster was Geoffrey de Rancon, who had made the decision to continue
  32. To make a point, and we were too big a target to resist. Cartoon violence is a, scapegoat ,issue. " The violence presented in The A-Team is highly sanitized. People do
  33. Also recalls that farmers, the Greek root of pharmacology, originally meant ", scapegoat ,". Seas dubbed pharmacology" pharmacomythology" because of its inclusion of
  34. Farmers suggests the windmill's walls were too thin. Once Snowball becomes a, scapegoat , Napoleon begins purging the farm, killing animals he accuses of consorting
  35. Reputation suffered unfairly at the hands of pro-Lincoln partisans who needed a, scapegoat ,for the Union's setbacks. His legacy therefore defies easy categorization.
  36. Of the Second Dutch War, Charles dismissed Lord Clarendon, whom he used as a, scapegoat ,for the war. Clarendon fled to France when impeached for high treason (which
  37. Could also be a cause leading to serial murder traits. A child used as a, scapegoat ,will be deprived of their capacity to feel guilt. Displaced anger could result
  38. Of the public Baldwin wrote:" I can understand his bitterness. He wants a, scapegoat ,and the men provided him with one ". His biographers Middleman and Barnes claim
  39. Deficient co-worker, gives a crayoned" X" as a seal of approval, used as a, scapegoat ,for projects doomed to failure Books * The Bastard Operator From Hell (Plan
  40. He never had. Allegations of conspiracy Ray's lawyers maintained he was a, scapegoat ,similar to the way that John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is seen by
  41. By Democratic politicians who found the former President to be a convenient, scapegoat , One rumor had it that he had attempted to flee the country in a yacht with $5
  42. Seven repeatedly denied the charges and argued that he was being made a ", scapegoat ,". The Volcker report was highly critical of the UN management structure and
  43. By the public to be largely negative, and the Gang of Four was a convenient, scapegoat ,for the ten years of political and social turmoil. Her role during the Cultural
  44. Telling of his capture and execution and presenting him as a noble martyr and, scapegoat , * In 1968 a German TV series Sir Roger Casement was made about his time in
  45. Prejudice already present in the Homeric Hymns. Thus, he created something of a, scapegoat ,of Seventies and portrayed the Etruscan people as a good race who fight
  46. Provinces of the empire. According to Tacitus, the population searched for a, scapegoat ,and rumors held Nero responsible. In 64 A. D., Nero began singing in public in
  47. Of its commanders. Castoff escaped with a small band of soldiers and became the, scapegoat ,for the humiliating English defeat. The French suffered minimal losses. The
  48. He criticized the proposed law, which he sees as an attempt by politicians to, scapegoat ,pop culture, and to act as surrogate parents to others' children, which he
  49. Rather accused the network and its ownership and management of making him a ", scapegoat ," in the Killian story. A CBS spokesman claimed that the lawsuit was" old news
  50. Generous individual or group. Conversely, members of a society may also shun or, scapegoat ,members of the society who violate its norms. Mechanisms such as gift-giving

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