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Failure to come up with an ambitious and firmly worded agreement, with unshirkable targets, will be seen by future historians as a moral and political failure on a par with the Munich Agreement of 1938.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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"To look over the fence of the famine-stricken village and see the rich green solitudes, which might yield full and plenty, spread out at the very doorsteps of the ragged and hungry peasants, was to fill a stranger with a sacred rage and make it an unshirkable duty to strive towards undoing the unnatural divorce between the people and the land"
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It is the same with this Mother-Church Clerk; "if he fail to perform this important function of his office," certain majestic and unshirkable solemnities must follow: a special meeting "shall" be called; a member of the Church "shall" make formal complaint; then the Clerk "shall" be
Christian Science Mark Twain 1872
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Japan´s responsibility unshirkable for resolving chemical weapon issue
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Japan´s responsibility unshirkable for resolving chemical weapon issue
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Japan´s responsibility unshirkable for resolving chemical weapon issue
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Developed countries bear unshirkable responsibilities for climate change and they should continue to take the lead in emission reduction after 2012, and honor their obligations of providing financial resources and technology transfer to developing countries set forth in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.
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Indeed, when government is seen as defective or unreasonable, criticizing it is an unshirkable duty. "”
The Case of Wei Jingsheng Atwood, Margaret 1996
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