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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...
...nature of most five-year grants is thatthe funding is for five years; therefore, mostcurrent researchers, at least those not up for anew five-year grant, will not be nearly asaffected," Losick says. "The people starting outwill bear the brunt of the cutback...
...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...