To be sure, you assume myriad liabilities by directly acknowledging responsibility, yet an opportunity was nonetheless lost at the 30, 000-foot level to bear moral responsibility for the fiasco in a way that would not have legal impact.
For one thing, he would not want to appear to bear any responsibility for the price of oil.
In tonight's Inside Out programme we've been looking at those who'll have to bear the responsibility of making that call and the pressures they're under.
Another challenge for the local contractors is that customers increasingly require them to bear the responsibility for any lawsuits filed by people who slip on icy pavements.
Rotta lays a large part of the blame for the current state of Italy on Mr Berlusconi's shoulders, saying that he had to bear the responsibility for "having failed to reform the country and the market as he promised, at a time when it would have been less painful".
Still, Mr. Collinge underplays the extent to which defaulters bear responsibility for their plight.
We became a country that used its wealth to bear some moral responsibility for those among us that had it a bit tougher.
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While I suspect Americans will reach their own conclusions as to who should bear the greatest responsibility for security failures, if such failures are found to have existed, the issue of what the White House knew versus what they told us can be expected to dominate the conversation.
Not defending the hacking in any way whatsoever: but The Guardian would seem to bear some of the responsibility for the closure of the News of the World for having got their original reporting wrong.
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This is his responsibility to bear.
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The Center for Security Policy today cited official German documents to rebut claims made in Washington this morning by visiting German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, claims to the effect that his country's officials bear no responsibility for the transfer of militarily relevant technology to Iraq.
According to the treaty, states bear international responsibility for national activities in space, including by non-governmental entities.
The Foreign Ministry "stresses that whoever the party that kidnapped him and whatever their motives, they bear the full responsibility to protect him and release him promptly, " the agency said.
And then fifth is our overall alliances and partnerships in the region, and the responsibility that we bear to strengthen those.
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Apparently this scheme attempts to have only the banks and not the government bear responsibility for debt repayment.
And I think we all have some responsibility on that, Ed, to bear.
But even if they do, the "Grand Compromise" should be unacceptable to those who bear, first and foremost, the responsibility for assuring the common defense -- the Nation's military leadership.
Democratic citizens know that they must bear the burden of responsibility for their society if they are to benefit from its protection of their rights.
Now, again, whether we have to do a better job making sure people understand that, we certainly bear that responsibility.
People take risks, they bear the responsibility for those risks, and they're supposed to learn from them and do better next time, and that's how a healthy market grows.
And I think participating in the government is a responsibility and it's a mutual commitment, and those who participate in this government need to bear responsibilities.
Bear Stearns made it official Tuesday evening: James Cayne is resigning as chief executive following months of pressure to take responsibility for his role in steep mortgage-related losses.
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