Despite all the bravado that hinges on talk about taking responsibility for our actions -- a point that is usually hammered home when speaking about black folk taking responsibility for their problems -- it seems that most Americans feel disinclined to assume responsibility for the poor state of American racial affairs.
They have rising income but the responsibility of taking care of themselves, their aging parents, and a child of their own.
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Her mother doesn't drive, leaving Ms. Tello with the responsibility of taking her 10-year-old brother to school, doctors' visits and swimming lessons.
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"In this regard, we would like to note that, according to international law, full responsibility for taking care of Iraqis' humanitarian needs rests first and foremost with the occupation authorities, " Yakovenko said.
The coming weeks are going to be trying times for both Microsoft and T-Mobile, a sideline player in this carnage that ultimately still shoulders responsibility for taking users' cash month after month and keeping tabs on the robustness of its partners' workflows.
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Even the mentally ill, unless they are institutionalized or you have them declared incompetent and take over (not so easy to do for those who are as functional as Ben), have to take some responsibility for taking their meds, going to therapy, etc.
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Using a series of experiments on both business executives and a random selection of adults, Brescoll et al found that after the fact, firms that conveyed an empathetic, responsibility-taking message ended up losing much less public trust than those taking more defensive or noncommittal stances.
GPs taking responsibility for North Yorkshire's NHS budget will inherit a lower debt than expected.
For years, the assumption has been that taking responsibility for kids make you a worse worker.
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Every day, more Afghans are stepping up and taking responsibility for their own security.
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In other words, they are not really taking responsibility for their own investment decisions.
These actions, being taken and taking responsibility, represent currents of emotion that are closed to me.
In taking responsibility, Barack Obama did the right thing for our country and his presidency.
Even in places like Dolna, a new sense of ownership and responsibility is slowly taking root.
"Always in the past two years the manager here has been taking responsibility for everything, " he added.
One by one, they started taking responsibility for their role in the challenges the company was facing.
"What's very important is taking responsibility - it's realising that the economy needs to function, " she said.
Taking responsibility for an error earns the privilege of being forgiven, and thus granted a second chance.
The Washington Post is reporting that Secretary Chu is taking responsibility for the restructuring of the Solyndra loan.
The promise was seen by government officials as symbolically important - a chaebol boss taking responsibility for losses.
Last year we had so much batting but maybe everyone relied on each other rather than taking responsibility.
The inspector said that no one individual was taking responsibility for day-to-day operations at the 37 bed home.
But Mr Cameron said the coalition government was "taking responsibility for clearing up the mess" left by the previous Labour government.
At the end of a difficult day, I applaud Kobe for coming forward and taking responsibility for his actions.
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Taking responsibility, he said, means turning off televisions and putting away video games and providing direct guidance to children.
Its penalty was widely expected after the bank's former chief executive Kenichi Watanabe quit, taking responsibility for the scandal.
This is the rhetoric of every thug who has ever wanted to make threats without taking responsibility for them.
The attention has been more recently focused on covering up the problems they created rather than taking responsibility for them.
Quentin called it an "unfortunate situation, " according to MLB.com, while neither directly blaming Greinke nor taking responsibility for the fracas.
After years of irresponsibility, we are once again taking responsibility for every dollar we spend, the same way families do.
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