Robertson took responsibility for the decision and sharply denied that any prejudice was involved.

Of course, Mr. Steinbrenner is the boss and we would take it to him for the final decision.

"We've always done it," Mr. Tompkins said in an interview on Friday in which he took the credit - or blame - for the decision.

It took 27 minutes for the decision of the stewards to reach Benetton.

No one on the hospitals agency board or on its staff has taken responsiblity for the 1991 decision to divide the construction of the hospital into 110 pieces.

The medical faculty, largely opposed to her admission but seemingly unwilling to take responsibility for the decision, decided to submit the matter to a vote of the students.

Blair said he took full responsibility for the decision.

President Bush must take responsibility, not only for the decision he made, but also for the quality of the intelligence he used.

To try actively to become pregnant is to take responsibility for the decision to have a child, and to accept an uncertain future.

When the budget diversion became a political issue, he resigned in 1963, taking full responsibility for the decision.