Word: brunt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Martins shouldered the brunt of the burden. Hewas constantly shadowed by one--sometimes two--ofthe other teams' top defensive forwards. He wasslashed and hooked and speared. He frequentlyfought back, spending a team-high 87 minutes inthe penalty...
...legislative club that House Republicans would like to wield against some of America's most marginalized communities. The Contract calls for cuts in benefits to the poor, and while Blacks make up 12 percent of America, they make up 30 percent of the poor. Therefore, Blacks will feel the brunt of these spending cuts, which target welfare, food stamps and even subsidies for home heating costs. This austerity for the poor cannot even be justified by the need to cut the deficit--it would merely balance out tax breaks for the middle class, the wealthy and corporations, who still enjoy...
...cuts the Republicans propose would allow children to slip through the cracks and go hungry. It doesn't take much thought to realize that eating well directly correlates with academic performance and alertness. Nor does it take much compassion to understand that making children shoulder the brunt of cuts borders on the inhumane. It simply doesn't make sense to cut a program that so clearly affects the future of the nation...
...developing countries, women are especially affected by the brunt of poverty, Heyzer said. In addition to shouldering the bulk of the burden for keeping their families fed and clothed, she said, women are consistently short-changed in the distribution of the scarce resources which they themselves gather...
...Harvard player who will bear the brunt of Clarkson's offensive force is junior goaltender Tripp Tracy, who is sure to see a lot of rubber flying his way all night. Tracy, currently third in the ECAC with a 2.94 goals against average, must continue to be sharp for the Crimson to have any chance of knocking off the Golden Knights...