Word: burden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Burden of Proof. There would still be multitudinous exceptions, notably bona fide security secrets, Government-employee records, geophysical data that could be used for commercial advantage, and FBI investigative manuals, which would be of compelling interest to the underworld. Moreover, the new law would support the tradition of "executive privilege," by which the President has the final right to withhold any information. Nor does it apply to Congress, itself one of Washington's most notorious practitioners of secrecy...
...same, the burden of proving that information can be justifiably suppressed would fall for the first time on federal officials, who could be haled into court to defend their decisions. Shouted through the Senate last fall, the bill last week went to the White House. President Johnson, though less than enthusiastic about the measure, was nonetheless expected to sign it-if only to demonstrate that the Great Society can be candid as well as creative...
While this year the burden of the problem has been felt by the returnees, next year it will probably be felt by floaters, who in the past, if not for the draft, would be taking leaves of absences...
...burden of this stupidity falls almost entirely on the student. Anyone who knows anything about the Cambridge housing market understands that the supply is extremely tight and prices, especially close to Harvard Square, are high. In the Spring a student may find decent rooms near the Square at reasonable rates. Every passing month makes the search more difficult, and by the fall apartment seekers often have to sacrifice the convenience of proximity to the Yard to avoid paying exorbitant rents...
...Balfour, dressed as Calpurnia, even hacked up an old nightgown to wear under Pauline Trigère's see-through black lace sheath. "I'm just furious at her," fumed Trigère, who had intended the dress to be worn with only a body stocking. Amanda Burden, co-chairman or not, finally decided to take no chances-perhaps in honor of the fact that she has been named the Best Dressed Woman in America. "I do love the new things, but I think my husband [a fledgling lawyer] might object," she said. So she picked...