Word: onus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That puts the onus on Long and Clemente to adapt their games to the strengths of the freshman class around them...
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome in Europe is retailer reluctance. In the past, licensed goods from fellow European companies were often cheap promotional giveaways, so many retailers view licensed products as a form of advertising that doesn't belong on their shelves. That puts the onus on marketers to convince retailers that most of today's licensed products are well-made goods associated with top brands. It's a slow slog. But, says David Isaacs, Equity Management's international director, "it can be done...
However, when asked whether Harvard should impose quotas for the future, should this election result in a unbalanced group of marshals (all eight could be male), opinions were mixed. Some felt that the college would have the onus to step in to equalize the process, while others were in favor of simply letting the student body decide on the candidates...
...Confidentiality in the current physical set-up is a major problem," Perlo said. "The onus...
...NATO is in an invidious position: While everyone expects Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to lie about what he's up to in Kosovo, there's a heavy onus on the fighters of the good fight to come clean when they mess up. And when they're evasive or even just slow about taking responsibility, their credibility is damaged. But for all of NATO's assurances that it is taking the utmost care to target the Serb military needle in the haystack of innocents, the reality is that Kosovo remains densely populated with civilians -- the majority of them still ethnic Albanian...