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...California, which is home to 21% of all nail technicians nationwide, passed a Safe Cosmetics Bill, requiring cosmetics manufacturers to disclose dangerous ingredients to the State Department of Health and Human Services. Disclosure, though, doesn't mean mandated elimination of those chemicals, leaving the onus on workers to reduce their exposure. "It's as safe a job as you can make it," says...
...Shoichi Nakagawa is correct when he says, of the ongoing disputes over historical controversies such the "comfort women," that "America has got nothing to do with this." But six decades later, the onus remains on Tokyo to apologize to Asia. If nothing else, it's just good...
...SEEM WILLING TO PUT THE ONUS ON INSPECTORS TO FIND ARMS RATHER THAN ON SADDAM TO DECLARE WHAT HE'S GOT. Are there nuclear arms in Iraq? I don't think so. Are there other weapons of mass destruction? That's probable. We have to find and destroy them. In its current situation, does Iraq--controlled and inspected as it is--pose a clear and present danger to the region? I don't believe so. Given that, I prefer to continue along the path laid out by the Security Council. Then...
...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...