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Either course of action will bring short-term howls of recrimination from the right ... but this mini-surge deeper into the quagmire is going to sink the administration without question. declining 35 percent approval rating for management of the war in Afghanistan

Five questions for Obama on Afghan war 2009

A recrimination is a counter-charge, and is typically legalese and is only used in court, by a defendant against a plaintiff.

David Lee Roth: Amtrak FM « BuzzMachine 2006

"recrimination" - said the Folkstone-based agency had assured her the couple moving into her two-bedroom property were pleasant and well behaved.

Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

Disingenuous appeals of "trust me" on the pages of the Washington Post aren't going to stop what Panetta calls "recrimination" that will supposedly cause the brave men and women of the CIA to "pay a price."

Frank Naif: CIA Director Panetta: Reform Suffers for Bush Apparatchiks and Spy Chiefs 2009

WOODRUFF: I think there's going to be every which kind of recrimination you can imagine. there's going to be somebody from every corner saying, "Well, if you'd only done this," or, "If you'd only done that" -- that's to be expected after a loss as heartbreaking as this one.

CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2004 2004

Then, however, without any kind of recrimination, any display of anger, or even any particular effort to regain her ascendency over him, she, on her side, imitated his example.

The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

Then, however, without any kind of recrimination, any display of anger, or even any particular effort to regain her ascendency over him, she, on her side, imitated his example.

The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 ��mile Zola 1871

Then, however, without any kind of recrimination, any display of anger, or even any particular effort to regain her ascendency over him, she, on her side, imitated his example.

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

He had not intended this kind of recrimination, but he was exasperated with her wearied acceptance of his reproaches and by a sudden conviction that his long-cherished grievance against her now that he had voiced it was inadequate, mean, and trifling.

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

As for Abbot, this kind of recrimination was a daily thing with him.

Sheppard Lee 1836