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...Arab delegation, including representatives of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and the Palestinians. The idea is one of four alternative plans for reconvening Geneva that Vance took with him to the Middle East last month. From the Administration's vantage, the proposal would remove from individual Arab countries the onus of making concessions to Israel and also get around Israel's rejection of a separate Palestinian delegation. Unfortunately, neither side is very hopeful about it. The Arabs, with their own political differences, would find it impractical and unwieldy to negotiate as a team. As for the Israelis, Jerusalem would prefer...
...talked lyrically of peace, without giving any sign that he was prepared for territorial concessions other than those his predecessors were prepared to make in Sinai and the Golan Heights. The push toward Geneva might buy him time, and, should the Arabs refuse the conference, it would place the onus of intransigence on them...
...task force should have suggested concrete incentives or requirements to get Faculty members involved in these programs. Requiring students to take what the task force wants is an easy and potentially damaging way of placing the onus of Gen Ed on student shoulders. To quote the dissent of task force member Robert V. Pound, Malinckrodt Professor of Physics...
...dance reviewing came from a lecture by Deborah Jowitt, dance critic for The Village Voice. She stressed that the critic's responsibility is not to make value judgements but rather to describe the dance event, to recreate the experience for the reader. Her view relieves the critic of the onus of setting himself up as a judge--but is it playing chicken...
Though the sabers and the epees recorded poor showings on Saturday, the epee squad will soon be bolstered by the return of Eric Reed, who is taking time off. The onus to improve will then lie with the sabermen...