Underneath he was an earnest fellow with a high sense of legacy and responsibility.

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Capital planning does enjoy high-level attention with responsibility roughly divided between the CRO and the CFO, or the demand side of capital and the supply side, according to the report.

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He said health boards are having to make difficult decisions in "balancing high quality standards of care with financial responsibility".

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He waited for three years with increasing exasperation at the apparent unwillingness of anybody on high to take responsibility for authorising their destruction.

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The responsibility for issuing high school equivalency certificates or diplomas rests with states, and they've relied on the General Education Development exam since soon after the test was created to help returning World War II veterans.

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The current 19 metres high twin-towered lighthouse was completed in 1751, with the company Trinity House assuming responsibility 20 years later.

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In fact, national support of longer-term research has evolved to an assumed national responsibility with the side effect that we are not carefully considering what makes these expenditures good investments for high economic returns.

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