Word: onus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...onus on Mondale this year is to make concessions to the formidable plans of his colleagues: he must satisfy the demands of the Black and the poor that Jackson represents; he must answer to the demands for nuclear control that his colleague Senator Cranston is demanding; and he must turn his attention to the budgetary statements of Hollings. Hollings has interpreted the long term strategy of Reagan's deficits as nothing less than the deliberate crippling of the Welfare state...
...this story fades into the history books, a couple of morals--or at least questions--need to be raised. One, of course, regards costs. All officials concede that the price tag is inordinately high for the relatively small amount of square footage involved. Some have tried to put the onus on the Historical Commission for imposing byzantine regulations. "They certainly call the shots. Harvard really had little flexibility." George Oomen, project manager, says. And perhaps some of the blame does lie there...
...give it up and rely solely on cruise missiles to counter the remaining SS-20s. But other ballistic missiles already in the U.S. strategic arsenal can cover the same targets as the Pershing II. Moreover, by refusing to back the deal, Washington missed a chance to put the onus for its collapse on the Soviets. The Administration may have a second chance now. The West Germans are promoting a revival of the plan, and the Soviets are saying they would "discuss" it. Their half of the discussion is likely to be another nyet, but there is only...
...this story fades into the history books, a couple of morals--or at least questions need to be raised One, of course, regards costs. All officials concede that the price tag is inordinately high for the relatively small amount of square footage involved Some have tried to put the onus on the Historical Commission for imposing by Byzantine regulations. "They certainly call the shots Harvard really had little flexibility." George Oomen, project manager, says. And perhaps some of the blame does he there...
...Samoan society. This comes through, for instance, in his analysis of the importance of virginity in Samoan culture. Mead had noted that some of the girls from families of high status were ceremonial virgins or laupou. These girls, Mead said, would be deflowered publically, and the onus for the chastity of the whole community was on their shoulders--thus freeing other young girls to indulge in casual lovemaking. Freeman, studying mainly upper-class girls, concluded that far more Samoan girls remained virgins until marriage. Indeed, he concludes that, "It should now be apparent that Samoa, where the cult of female...