Word: onus
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...option absolves employers like Harvard from taking action in regards to low wages, and the onus is instead put on local legislatures...
...screenwriters’ legal right to strike, and when the WGA’s demands are reasonable, the onus falls on the studios to work toward compromise...
...used to create a "debtor's-prison mentality: we won't trade with you until you get those standards right." But she also pointed out that so far, negotiators have been highly creative in making deals that did not add new burdens to trading partners but instead left the onus on them to enforce their own labor and environmental standards. The same could be true, she implied, in the FTAA...
...path of asking for help from the big pharmaceutical companies or the proactive course of taking all means necessary to address the crisis [MEDICINE, March 19]. American-based pharmaceutical giants have not upheld the fine tradition of scientists like Alexander Fleming and Marie Curie, who had no greed. The onus rests on African nations to import or, better yet, produce cheap generic AIDS drugs. LULUFA KUNDUL VONGTAU Kaduna, Nigeria...
...bags,'" she says. "But that hasn't happened." It's likely the market will become more segmented, with Microsoft and Research in Motion homing in on corporate users, Sony targeting upscale consumers, and Handspring and Palm attacking from all angles. But Palm still has the most to lose. "The onus is on Palm to continue to innovate in its design and operating system," says IDC's Slawsby. Let the hand-to-hand combat begin...