Word: onus
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...noted with great interest, but without comment, the change in his words. "Never personally recommend" did not mean that he would never permit the settlements to be removed. The change was subtle but extremely significant. If others in Israel could be made to assume the onus for the decision, then, finally, there was at least a possibility for resolving this issue...
...nodded to them and walked into the cabin. Sadat followed. I explained the extremely serious consequences of his unilaterally breaking off the negotiations: that his action would harm the relationship between Egypt and the U.S.; that he would be violating his personal promise to me; that the onus for failure would be on him. He was adamant, but I was dead serious, and he knew it. I had never been more serious in my life. I repeated some of the arguments. He would be publicly repudiating some of his own commitments, damaging his reputation as the world's foremost peacemaker...
...tuition. Texas had passed a law cutting off the state's share of the costs of educating such children. Some of the parents, although leery of drawing governmental attention to their unlawful presence, asked the federal courts to intervene. Last week, expressing skepticism about any law "directing the onus of a parent's misconduct against his children," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that the Texas statute was unconstitutional...
...monstrous ICBMs have given them a nearly 3-to-l advantage over the U.S. in "throw weight"-the cumulative power to "throw" megatons of death and destruction at the other nation. That excessive throw weight on the Soviet side of the scales has upset the strategic balance. Therefore the onus is on the U.S.S.R. to make deeper cuts. In fact, in his Eureka speech, Reagan said he wants eventually to reduce both sides' missile throw weight to "less than current American levels...
...name of the prestige of Poland." John Paul's remarks were another papal prod to get the regime to come to terms with the Solidarity movement. But Warsaw is convinced that a papal return would be dangerous under current conditions. While the regime is eager to avoid the onus of canceling the papal visit, prospects for the trip seem dimmer than ever...