"I believe that the onus for growing jobs in this country should not fall on the Fed, it should fall on policy makers in this administration and in this, and the coming, Congress," he said.
Growing uncertainty over the rules is putting the onus on people to protect themselves.
Ms. James said she understood the concern about the growing control of private companies in education, but that the onus is on the districts to stay vigilant.
Though it will be interesting to see if the growing bundles of expensive gadgetry encourage more such crime, the onus is indeed on passengers to hold on tight to their belongings.
Meanwhile, a growing number of city-centre nightclubs and wine bars now sell "doubles" as standard whenever spirits are ordered, and the onus is on the customer to ask for a single shot.
"The shift in the onus of proof onto recipients, the barriers to people trying to fix these problems through the Centrelink system, and the growing stigmatisation of welfare, is a step towards the criminalisation of poverty and disadvantage," Chambers said.
Scotland have proved themselves to be resilient - in their last 12 games they have only lost three times, to Belgium, England and Germany - and as the stature and confidence of the players has grown, so too has the onus on them to produce effective displays in key games.
Though not an overt anti-hero, Ike's actions will grow increasingly dubious as the season's eight episodes go on, so the onus is on the actor to remain sympathetic, something he manages to convey effortlessly -- at least in the first three episodes that have been released to critics thus far.
The onus is surely on all of us, particularly in a city like Bradford, to teach our children to value and celebrate diversity, so they grow up ready to embrace difference rather than being afraid or ignorant of it.
