Word: burden
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...market responded, and now, says Ken Jacobsen, a vice president at the Segal Co., a consulting firm with headquarters in New York City, "we've got complicating options at almost every level of health care." The newest options provide more choice, but they burden the consumer with more decisions. On today's health-care menu...
...question is, How can we more quickly and evenly spread the wealth that comes from trade? One important point: this is not a question best answered in a fit of rich-world guilt. The World Bank reports, "More than 70% of the tariff burden faced by manufactured goods from developing countries is now imposed by other developing countries." It follows that one way in which wealth can be spread more equitably is for poor countries to help themselves by reducing trade barriers...
Just as response is local, responsibility--the burden of ensuring that individuals and their families stay healthy--is personal. Seeing to the public weal has always required appealing to the public will. The best bureaucracy in the world can't force wellness on the people it serves. The most it can do is make good health available--providing all the information and resources that people need to take care of themselves. Ultimately, the rest of the caretaking...
...MORE STORIES Kabul: Eking out an Existence Baghran: Into Taliban Country Taliban: Why the bad guys get away More Stories >>> PHOTO ESSAYS Burden of Sanctuary Afghanistan's Women A Country Divided More Photos >>> CNN.com Asia Latest news on the War on Terror
...charges against the Cabot House resident were dropped less than a month after his Sept. 10 arraignment, when the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said they could not satisfy the burden of proof...