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...combination of grants and federal tax credits has kept students from bearing the brunt of tuition increases, with those attending private colleges only paying $1,000 more than 10 years earlier, according to the New York Times...
...some ways it is a bit deceptive because they don’t go after the brunt of the disease burden,” Bansal said. Bansal also noted skyrocketing AIDS rates in countries that PEPFAR does not work in such as China, Russia and India...
While Nader asserted that the current presidential administration was to blame for the “utterly shameful” state of the nation, he directed the brunt of his criticism at the Democratic Party for ignoring the interests of its constituencies and allowing Bush to pursue his agenda unopposed...
...Chapman admits that Phoenix bore the brunt of the training, alongside other cast members Robert Patrick, Jay Hernandez, Billy Burke and Balthazar Getty, who trained on the engine, in the firehouse and in simulated fires...
...Meldrum was kicked out of Zimbabwe last year. Even as Mugabe grew into the habits of a dictator, he retained the support of fellow African leaders, who see him as a champion of "the black cause." Meldrum makes it clear that it is blacks who have to bear the brunt of his tyranny. In the last four years his thugs have killed a dozen whites but more than 300 blacks. Meldrum describes one such victim in the book: "His backless hospital gown revealed two gaping craters where his buttocks should have been." Yet to this day, South African President Thabo...