Word: burden
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Kenyon has the same restrictions on recruiting that Harvard has--the coach may not visit a player away from the college campus. In both places, therefore, the burden for getting top players falls on the alumni, Harrison said, adding that he hopes to develop a country-wide alumni organization and at the same time use his own coaching contacts to deliver the talent...
...certain to come under increasing pressure from their allies if the sessions seem to be making any headway. Moscow has remained silent through the pre-talk phase, but many Washington officials are convinced that the Russians would be delighted to see the war end?and with it, the heavy burden of aid to Hanoi. Peking is another story; it can be counted on to urge Hanoi not to come to terms...
...Prinzip than with bluff British pragmatism. Never for a moment is the playgoer unaware that this is a Teutonic Churchill and that Hochhuth is still playing the blame game-not so much to prod the consciences of other men as to slough off on them part of the German burden of guilt for the holocausts of war and genocide...
...represents a significant change for Methodism. Since the rule did not apply to laymen, many ministers have long complained that the church was in effect imposing a double standard of personal morality. Interpreting the rule change, Methodist officials insisted that it did not really relax discipline, instead placed the burden of responsibility for living a moral life on the self-discipline of the minister himself rather than on a code of laws. "It is time we took seriously what we mean by a 'moral witness,' " said the Rev. Harold Bosley of Manhattan's Christ Church...
...younger generation, among whom were Lautrec, Vuillard, Bonnard, and other post-impressionists. Indeed, there are those who will contend that Lautrec built solidly and indispensably on every aspect of Degas' production. Far more exciting, I feel, is the way in which his own indefatigable efforts lightened the historical burden for the next great inheritor, Henri Matisse, and facilitated the transition into the twentieth century. This was my personal discovery in the show, the piece of puzzle that so happily fell into place for me. Just as Degas was the disciple of Ingres, so Matisse, I believe, was the descendant...