But the idea of self-sufficiency, of total responsibility, is the key here.

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And then, in 2014, this process will be complete -- the Afghans will have total responsibility for the security of their country.

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In this case, the main contractor is given total responsibility for the entire project, selecting even the component suppliers, and checking everything before handing over the finished vehicle to the customer.

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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.

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Representative DIANE WATSON (Democrat, California): If all the things I just spoke of you think were just fine and worked like they should, the regulations, then it's your total responsibility for the failure of Lehman Brothers.

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The biggest complaint that people have about health care is that no one ever takes responsibility for the total experience of care, for the costs, and for the results.

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The leading doctors and the hospital system adopted measures to blunt harmful financial incentives, and they took collective responsibility for improving the sum total of patient care.

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Astonishingly, Americans spend about 30 percent of the total revenues collected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just to fulfill their responsibility of filing.

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Second by bailing out banks through semi or total nationalisations, the government is enlarging the perceived liabilities of the state, by assuming responsibility for banks' huge liabilities.

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With a 2009 net income of 11 billion, their contributions total a groundbreaking almost 5% of their net income, making them a clear corporate social responsibility leader.

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He must also claim at least partial responsibility for the carrier's net loss of customers in 2011, with a total of 802, 000 subscribers jumping ship in Q4 alone.

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