But when our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
And as the international community continues to respond, I do believe that America has a continued responsibility to act.
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This meant that they were in effect viewed as trustees with responsibility to act on behalf of the shareholders.
Obama said G-20 delegates have "a responsibility to act with a sense of urgency" and come up with "tough new rules" for managing the world economy.
"It is the GCSB's responsibility to act within the law, and it is hugely disappointing that in this case its actions fell outside the law, " he added.
Speaking after a morning meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama said G-20 delegates have "a responsibility to act with a sense of urgency" and come up with "tough new rules" for managing the world economy.
This notion that women's natural role as homemakers and mothers gave them a responsibility to act as nature's housekeepers led many socially conservative women to take up environmental activism, campaigning to protect the nation's bird population, which was being decimated by the feather trade, and promoting conservation education in their children's schools.
Second, MLB commissioner Bud Selig neglected his responsibility to baseball to act in the best interests of the game.
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The action, under the Environmental Protection Act, is against Wind Prospect, which operates the site, Powergen Renewables which owns it and Barrow Borough Council, whose environmental health officers have the first responsibility under the act to regulate a noise nuisance.
Having attempted to break through the traditional velvet ropes that guard the resources and contacts of the apparel industry, Whitehead and Glenn quickly learned that while many people gave lip service to eco-responsibility, they were not so ready to act on their statements.
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It is time to look to the future with hope, it is also time to act with responsibility and valour.
Al-Kidwa wants the Assembly to act under a 1950 resolution that allows members to act whenever the Security Council "fails to assume its" responsibility in keeping world peace and security.
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The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 attempted to stem the tide of credit card issuers from clogging up college lawns (making them free again for drum circles and hacky-sackers).
The 2005 Energy Policy Act essentially gave most regulatory responsibility to individual states, and it will probably remain there.
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But the results of the past weeks, the way in which they came about and above all, the situation we find ourselves in five games before the end of the season forced us to act out of a sense of responsibility to the club.
We continue to call on them to act without drama or delay to deal with the debt ceiling, to deal with its responsibility.
The IRS has announced that they are requesting public comment on the shared responsibility provisions included in the health care act that are slated to take effect in 2014.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act was passed in 2009 to protect consumers, especially college students, from getting into serious financial trouble by accumulating credit card debt they could not afford to pay.
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Instead, it will likely be attached to a Senate bill called the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009.
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The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 has given card issuers less flexibility to raise interest rates as they wish.
It's a balancing act between the rights of convicted felons and the responsibility of the government to ensure public safety, he said, emphasizing that the restrictions are determined by risk assessment.
And sometimes that means removing barriers to growth by lifting rules that place unnecessary burdens on business, but other times it means enacting common-sense safeguards like these -- like the Affordable Care Act -- to ensure our American belief that hard work and responsibility should be rewarded by a sense of security and fair play.
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More than anything, the event signals growing intention to coordinate views and act in closer alignment, and press towards future empowerment and responsibility of non-Western world leaders.
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The marine consents unit was established under the act to provide a one stop shop for marine licensing in Wales, but responsibility for licensing will now be transferred to the new environment body.
Hundreds of thousands of people may have been denied access to credit as a result of a specific interpretation of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, known as the CARD Act, Mr. Cordray said.
Another danger the GAO pointed out: 401(k) providers often deliberately structure company plans to avoid accepting fiduciary, or legal, responsibility for the plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
As we explained earlier today, the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, which took effect this morning, is designed to prevent consumers (particularly those under the age of 21) from plunging themselves into an insurmountable level of debt.
Anyone considering the use of MIW for natural gas extraction activities has the potential to incur long-term liability because just the act of moving contaminated water gives you total responsibility for it in the future.
In the U.S., Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech in Congress where he reiterated the Fed stands ready to act if the economy slips, while asking Washington to help him out and share the responsibility.
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Under the Affordable Care Act, the Federal government, State governments, insurers, employers, and individuals share the responsibility to reform and improve the availability, quality, and affordability of health insurance coverage in the United States.
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