Word: burden
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...fact. The Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection declined in scientific favor. This "eclipse of Darwinism" began in the 19th Century, reached into the 20th. The tendency was to doubt that natural selection-the slow combing out and accumulation of small variations-could carry the whole burden of evolution. Many scientists grew so contemptuous of natural selection that they called it pure fiction. Darwin knew nothing of the Mendelian heredity laws, nothing about the mechanism of mutations (sudden, conspicuous changes in plants and animals which subsequently breed true because of changes in the germ plasm). With the discovery...
...East, was hamstrung by fears lest the year-old Civil War in Spain leap its national boundaries and rage through the Mediterranean and along the Rhine. The French Popular Front Government, bedeviled by fiscal troubles, was in no position to take part of the White Man's Burden in Asia on its sagging shoulders. The U. S., although its Navy was growing, had only recently passed a neutrality law, had signaled its desire to grant independence to the Philippines, leading Japan to conjecture that the U. S. might be abdicating its role in the Far East forever...
...fruitful concern seems to center on his intellectual stimulation. A tutorial system is provided but the best tutors receive little recognition for their proficiency in this work; additional neophytes are added as section men for the ever growing social science courses, but the men on whom the real teaching burden rests are fired; this year ten assistant professors have been released. Harvard's administrators have provided a tentative and incomplete blueprint for a new educational structure but have failed to conserve the vital energies which alone can give it usefulness...
...must the institution of the new tenure system mean the abrupt dismissal of men who are bearing a major burden in their respective departments? Is the transition to the new plan sufficient reason for their unprecedented discharge when they were normally slated for renewals of their appointments? Is this action a continuation of the frozen budget policy said to be responsible for the Walsh-Sweezy fiasco? Has many attention been paid to the Committee's suggestion for a more flexible budget? Will Harvard, by this rude action, lose the reputation for decency which has helped to make it famous...
Facts adduced: 1) many a Congressman digs into his own pocket to pay an extra clerk: 2) Congressional mail has increased 30% to 40% in the last eight years; 3) the demands of constituents for personal services, information, political nose-wiping of every sort burden the laziest members of the House, multiply the burdens of Congressmen who try to do more than run errands. Facts not denied: 1) many a Congressional relative does roost on the House payroll, even though he or she may have to work for the privilege while Congress is in session; 2) short-handed though many...