Word: burden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unmarried whites was, from 1955 to 1959, nine times as great as for married whites, largely because of the incidence of illegal abortions. The death rate is higher for illegitimate babies, illegitimate children are physically less healthy than legitimate, and illegitimate children tend to become a costly social burden...
Kings once resorted to the uncomplicated companionship of their court jesters to lighten the burden of loneliness that often accompanies power. U.S. Presidents have generally managed less condescending personal friendships while in office. Both Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower had the easy company of George Allen, an adept poker player and raconteur. Dave Powers served as a sort of White House entertainer under John Kennedy, accompanying the President to ball games and cracking Boston Irish gags to relax...
...fact is, that with real expenses rising linearly and the investments rising exponentially, Harvard cannot lose over time by allowing the endowment to shoulder more of the burden which student fees now carry....The lowered growth rate will over time approach the old higher rate asymptotically...
...protected for nearly 20 years by the U.S. nuclear umbrella, have always been loath to spend. In his 16th and farewell appearance before the ministers, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was as candid as Lemnitzer, telling the European partners that they must carry a greater share of the burden. Rusk and U.S. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford offered only an estimated $50 million in fresh U.S. aid. They also promised to return to Europe for maneuvers two infantry brigades and four tactical Air Force squadrons that had been repatriated to the U.S. last year, to replace 80 F-102 interceptors...
Under a deal devised with the help of Kidder, Peabody & Co., a group of blue-chip investors has agreed to give Lytton Financial a $25.5 million transfusion. The holding company will sell $8,000,000 worth of common stock to pay off a crippling burden of debt. To rebuild its reserves, the company's largest subsidiary, Los Angeles-based Lytton