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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49212)	10/7/2005 7:34:38 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Word of the Day for Friday October 7, 2005 onus \OH-nuhs\, noun: 1. A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity. 2. a: A stigma. b: Blame. 3. The burden of proof. And who knew what financial pressures he was under or how desperate was his need to shed the onus of his past? --Richard Lingeman, "The Last Party," [1]New York Times, April 27, 1997 The onus of leadership fell on him. --Scott Ritter, [2]Endgame The critical point, however, was that the Times story freed other publications from the onus of being the first to print the gossip, and everyone felt freer to leap in. --Gail Collins, [3]Scorpion Tongues Nor has the onus of official displeasure fallen heavily enough upon the offenders. --Edmund Candler, "Mahatma Ghandi," [4]The Atlantic, July 1922 Mr. King is one of those writers who tries to fend off the onus of a cliche by admitting or underlining it. --Richard R. Lingeman, "Something Nasty in the Tub," [5]New York Times, March 1, 1977 Where a claimant contracted asbestosis having been exposed to asbestos dust over a period of years, approximately half of which he had spent working for the defendants, and half of which he had spent working for other employers, the onus was upon him to prove causation. --"Claimant to prove contribution to his disability," [6]Times (London), April 12, 2000

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49212)	10/7/2005 12:33:55 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

A nation without constitution will have a constitution soon- Iraqi authorities began Friday handing out millions of copies of a draft constitution in time for next week's hotly contested referendum on the post Saddam Hussein charter. British forces, grappling with increased attacks on their troops in southern Iraq, announced the arrest of 12 Shiite militiamen and expressed grave concern that some of the detained were serving police officers. Many households received their copy of the proposed constitution along with subsidised foodstuffs in exchange for state-issued ration tickets, but the text was also available in public buildings, hospitals, universities and even jails. Up to five million copies were to be printed with the help of the United Nations ahead of the October 15 referendum. "The printing is rolling slower than expected but we will be able to finish by October 14," a senior official in charge of the process said Thursday. The target of five million copies might not be met, however, "because of the extremely limited timeframe. We will probably reach 3.5 million" in Arabic and one million in Kurdish, said the official who asked to remain anonymous. UN funding provided for an additional 400,000 copies in Turkomen and Assyrian, languages spoken by significant minorities of Iraqis. "There's a huge demand. Iraqis want to read the constitution, whether they favour or oppose it," the official said, adding that some Iraqis were going straight to printing shops to get their copies.