Word: onus
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...believe the encounter is an opportunity to "put the Iranians on the record, at the ministerial level, that they are making commitments to the Iraqis to help solve their problems." Washington hopes that if Iran makes security commitments to Iraq's government and the governments of the region, the onus will be on Tehran to curb its covert meddling and make a positive contribution. Such engagement is premised less on the idea that more radical elements in Iran's leadership will change their ways than on the prospects for a more pragmatic outlook in Tehran. "It's not a matter...
...runs, managing only two in sixteen innings, despite posting thirteen hits.If Harvard hopes to keep it’s playoff hopes alive against Dartmouth, the squad’s offense will need to find a way to pump up the volume and drive runners in.“The onus is on the hitters this weekend to pick it up a bit,” Byrne said. “We need to...focus on hitting line drives and hard ground balls. We need to put pressure on teams and cut down on our strikeouts...
...qualifying rounds, [so] my goal is to make it to finals this year at nationals.” “As the season is ending, the team is getting better as a whole,” Irani added. With Penn Relays next weekend and Heptagonals shortly afterward, the onus is on Harvard to finish the season on a strong note...
...were met with an unusual amount of public disdain and, in the end, dismissal. It remains impossible to predict which instances of insult will stop being benign to American audiences and begin to offend. Amid the furor over Imus’s own misstep, we must acknowledge that the onus of accountability extends well beyond the shoulders of one desiccated fake cowboy, brought up in a world where grime is money...
...students to skip class, but we hardly think that taping the few lectures that fall on religious holidays constitute an “unreasonable burden” on Harvard or the professor in question. Nor should moving an examination or providing a makeup. We do not dispute that the onus should be on students to alert professors of religious absences as early as possible and to make up the work that they miss. Nevertheless, professors and teaching fellows must be flexible. This means that if it’s at all possible to tape lectures, move or offer makeups...