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Central to his argument was the idea that developing nations disproportionately suffer the consequences of developed countries’ wasteful energy policies. Podesta said that the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, largely too poor to afford the fossil fuels that power most of the developed world, bore the brunt of the climatic change caused by the burning of oil. These countries suffer famine due to lowered rainfall and crop yields as a result of climate change...
According to Senator Reed, Pentagon officials should also expect questions on the Hill about what is not being spent. Case in point: the Marine Corps, traditionally the most frugal of the services, has borne the brunt of the burden of fighting in Iraq, yet has seen billions pared from its funding. The Marines' new special-ops unit--a pet project of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's--wanted $65 million for such equipment as sophisticated nightscopes and computer-mapping systems, but the Administration refused the request. The Marines are still flying around Iraq in Vietnam-era helicopters--yet $1 billion...
More often a scapegoat than a leader, Kirby has borne the brunt of the strains between the Faculty and Summers...
...that University officials had previously said Saturday work would decrease after the completion of the first phase of construction. Alan Joslin, another committee member, said that Harvard wasdisregarding the interests of residents. “Harvard is making that decision full well, knowing that the community is bearing the brunt of it,” he said. Cambridge City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, who also sits on the committee, said that a survey she had taken of residents in the area indicated that they would prefer that construction last longer, in exchange for the cessation of Saturday work. The committee...
...That $2,850 gap in coverage has been nicknamed the "doughnut hole" when seniors must pay for drugs with their own money-as well as continuing to have to pay their average monthly premium of $32-and Democratic political strategists calculate that most seniors will bear the brunt of it around late summer or fall. "Many of them will realize they have to pay premiums the rest of the year and won't be receiving any benefits," says Richard Fiesta, director of government and political affairs for the Alliance for Retired Americans, an organization with 3 million members that advocates...