Word: burden
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...academic. But his first step was to discard the primary assumption of all past discrimination studies -- that equal educational opportunity consists of the quantity of the things you put into a school: curricula, classrooms, facilities. According to Coleman, this standard lets schools off too easily. It implies that the burden of learning falls on the child, while society's responsibility ends with getting students to schools and spending equal amounts on each one. Given the handicaps of underprivileged children, Coleman saw the needs for a radical redefinition of educational opportunity...
...impressed legitimate cardholders' names on them, and sold them to various underworld figures complete with such forged subsidiary identification as driver's licenses.* Gang members then traveled, ate, and charged lavishly, using the cards. Even when they are not liable, issuing companies almost always assume the financial burden of such fraud to maintain good relations with stores, hotels and restaurants who accept their cards. (But the credit-card companies may try to recover from a cardholder who has not informed them of a loss or theft.) The issuers are therefore understandably anxious to find heavier legal weapons...
Baker ran undefeated through all the dual meets and won the GBC's, bearing a terrific burden, as first Colburn, then Shaw were lost for the season. When Hardin hurt his hip, the pressure on the gaunt 23-year-old increased, and fatigue finally got the better of him in the Big Three Meet...
...operations have been conducted with safety. It follows automatically that such operations can be conducted safely with fewer than six men." The court then granted the request of six railroads and threw out the law as being "unreasonable and oppressive," in violation of due process and an "unconstitutional burden" on interstate commerce...
Coach Henry Lamarr had his team practice outside yesterday in anticipation of field conditions at Brown. The field is cleared of snow, but is frozen. Poor traction on the hard ground will hamper the Crimson running game. The burden of the attack will fall on the passers...