Word: burden
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those who are interested in the field realize this. Moreover the lab work is directed by very competent section men. But it was felt that opening the laboratories from 7:00 to 9:30 o'clock in the evening for individual work would not be much of a burden on the department and would allow concentrators to spend their afternoons outside of the laboratory. As it is, they close at 5:00 o'clock even in the advanced courses, and it is practically impossible to get late permission...
...There is no reason on earth why a man or a body of men should not contribute of its money or of its life to support a cause or to support a corner of humanity. But theirs is no right to cause other men to smart under the burden of their hypocrisy...
Yale and Cornell, early pacers of the league, have recently fallen by the wayside. After a whirlwind start, Monro Jubitz, the Elis' sole pitcher, faltered under his heavy burden so that the Blue is a poor third with an even split in eight games. The weak hitting Big Red also bit the dust as the league opposition sharpened their batting eyes and has dropped from first place to fifth...
...family while her narrow-minded sister is engaged to an up-and-coming son of a grocery man (Cary Grant). The part of Linda is just made for Miss Hepburn, who turns in a delightful and talented performance. Cary Grant is adequate while Edward Everett Horton shoulders the burden of the comic entertainment. Despite the efforts of each member of the cast, however, the whole effect is not convincing and wavers uncertainly between seriousness and humor...
...Moved to relieve the burden of incessant statistical reports required from business by various Government agencies, Franklin Roosevelt wrote to Chairman Stuart A. Rice of the Central Statistical Board, asking him to look into the problem of duplication of reports and submit "recommendations looking toward consolidations and changes." Said Mr. Roosevelt: "I am concerned...