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...your parents dance with joy when you decided to go to Harvard. But do you want to make your parents really happy? Tell them you're going to a college that's only 12 miles away. When my parents calculated the exact distance from our house to Harvard, the burden of an empty nest suddenly seemed a lot lighter...
...reason was innovation. Simple networks can't discriminate; they are inherently neutral among network uses. Innovators thus don't need to negotiate with every network owner before a new technology is available to all. The burden on innovation is kept small; innovation is, in turn, large...
...encroachment on the Democrats' voting base, will tout the plan to middle- and lower-income families as a safer alternative to Bush's proposal to bolster Social Security funds using private investments in the stock market. Both plans, say economists, have the same essential goal - easing the government's burden of providing retirement resources for a burgeoning older population. That said, analysts add, both plans also leave something to be desired: Neither presents a plausible explanation for who will pay for the inevitable cash shortfall down the road, and both seem to stick future generations with the bulk...
...University Vice President Sally H. Zeckhauser admits that Mayer's changes have placed the greater burden directly on managers...
...tutors claimed that randomization presented a burden to minority students, who found themselves estranged without a support system. "By sprinkling a 'manageable' number of minority students in each of the 12 houses one does not necessarily ensure increased student interaction," the letter read...