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...million others who simply gave their lives for their country. And the shrine remains a deeply spiritual place for many older Japanese. In a country whose military past has been shamed and denied, it's the only place where veterans and their families can pay their respects without the burden of war guilt...
...move to further centralize University activities in Mass. Hall, Provost Steven E. Hyman said last week that three vice-provost positions will be created in order to ease the burden on the Provost’s office, with two of those positions possibly being filled by September...
Call us whiny, call us procrastinators, but don’t call us naïve. Harvard students have all shared the burden of papers due during Reading Period assigned the week before. We’ve all experienced the take-home final due during reading period from the class that also gives a regular final. Behind every poorly worded hour-long essay (one of three on the final), there’s a student who had three essays and a take-home due during the time he or she was supposed to be “reading...
...decades, South Korea and the U.S. both treated North Korea as the enemy. But in 1997, with the election of pro-democracy activist Kim Dae Jung as President, Seoul changed course. The South's leaders realized that if Kim Jong Il's government collapsed and the North unraveled, the burden of feeding millions of starving North Koreans and rehabilitating the North's crippled economy could devastate South Korea's own economy for years to come. Seoul started to send aid across the Demilitarized Zone to help Pyongyang modernize and?it was hoped?gradually become more self-sufficient by substituting capitalism...
...tremendously positive impact on our students and quality of life at NYU,” said La Morte. “At this point, some of our students have two or three jobs because they want to be here so badly. If we can help eliminate some of that burden, their educational experience will be enhanced greatly...