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Word: burden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this year as well, massive compliance will probably be the rule. Education officials should regard this as a green light to proceed with all possible speed and pressure. Significant numbers of Negro students must be transferred to white schools. Token desegregation and free choice plans which place the burden on the Negro parents and students should in the future be ruled inadequate by the Office of Education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: School Desegregation | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

...troops in Southeast Asia, 245,000 of them already committed to the war in Viet Nam, with more than 50,000 others aboard battle vessels offshore. "In history," said McNamara, "never has any other nation-and never has the U.S.-carried such great military strength with so little burden on its society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bombs, Bottlenecks & Baloney | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...Downey in what Sir Elwyn described as "various pornographic poses." Also in a suitcase were tape recordings of what the prosecutor said were the voices of Lesley Anne and the two defendants. Said Sir Elwyn to the all-male jury: "I am afraid you will have to suffer the burden of listening to that tape recording and hearing the little girl's screams and protests." For the time being, he handed copies of the tape's transcript to the jurors and to the defendants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Most Unusual Trial | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...Massachusetts legislature, as usual, will need considerable prodding before it corrects this situation. Student pressure alone will never sway that august body. Since the processing of forms will become a significant burden for the University, the Harvard Administration should initiate a drive among educational institutions throughout the state to petition the legislature for an amendment to the law. Now that the sales tax has been enacted, we hope that the legislators will make the minor adjustments necessary for the smooth operation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Book Tax | 4/27/1966 | See Source »

...This plan would radically change the character of the honors program, and much opposition is expected. It can be defended on the grounds that writing a thesis is basically preparation for an academic career, although not all honors students expect to--or ought to--become professional historians. But the burden of proof still lies with the plan's proponents: they must show that the seminars will be of high enough quality and the requirements for the paper sufficiently rigorous to make the option a suitable alternative to the thesis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Tutorial | 4/26/1966 | See Source »

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