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...took up the burden of being a Sox fan because the collective emotion fosters a real sense of identity, of belonging to a community that takes pride in its repeatedly dour fate. Being a Red Sox fan is like joining a city-wide support group, with sympathetic well-wishers in constant attendance. But since the hat fits, I’m happy to wear it, especially now that the team is ruled by a triumvirate of stars and believes in closing by committee. To all you Yankees fans out there, try a Sox hat on for size. You might just...
...Burden H. Walker ’06, David M. Kaden ’06 and Elise M. Stefanik ’06 were elected first-year members-at-large...
Ferguson says that the U.S. has taken Britain’s role but failed to acknowledge the empire that came with it. Empire, Rudyard Kipling once wrote, is a “global burden.” It is that burden that the United States must now accept and wield—American imperialism has to be about more than the golden arches and Britney Spears...
...spouse left behind often faces an anguished choice: work more, to help ease the financial burden, or less, to help ease the emotional one. Barry Esteves has been in Afghanistan with the National Guard military police for three months, but in West Boylston, Mass., his daughter Melanie, 8, told her mother, "It feels like Daddy died." Mindy Esteves decided to leave the beauty salon where she had worked for 14 years, and she found a job at which she could put in fewer hours on a more flexible schedule...
...Wearing the ‘C’ is a tough thing to do,” Kolarik said. “It’s a burden as much as it’s an honor, so just having some ‘A’s, having guys with some letters, can take a lot of pressure off Kenny. It backs him up and allows him to be a little more flexible and focus on his own play...