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...around Europe in 1971; it actually came during a 1973 trip to Greece. Who cares? Not his army of readers. To them, Douglas Adams is now free from the pressures of editors, agents and accountants (one of whom stole $500,000 from him before committing suicide), free from the burden of deadlines, free to roam the galaxy - wit unsheathed, pan-galactic gargle blaster at his elbow...
...democratic” elections. Long-term global economic prosperity depends on limiting the uncertainty and instability caused by rogue states that desire the power to hold the world hostage in fear and terror with such weapons. In delaying, France demonstrates a willingness to pass on the burden of dealing with these rogue nations to future generations—or to those current nations willing to act alone. Knowing that the United States, Britain and others will probably act alone, French leaders seem to be simply shrugging off their difficult responsibility...
Before Hayes, Harvard’s weight programs lacked structure. Team coaching staffs had the duel burden of instructing their players on the field...
...mail. (Though, in my maturity, I have come to realize that the Winthrop House mailroom is no place for an alligator.) My lack of digital doodads and hi-tech know-how is unusual in a college student of the twenty-first century, I think, but I bare this burden with some degree of pride. Allow me to explain...
...Student interaction is very real and very important,” he says. “But adding more burden on everyone ultimately compounds anxiety...