Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Suppose that America had to assume a burden comparable to the burden of War debts upon Italy based upon the above indices, the present value of this burden would be over $15,000,000,000, or three-fourths of our present public debt; and if we were to pay this War debt on the same scale as in the Italian agreement, after five years we would be paying an annuity of over $400,000,000, after 30 years to over a billion dollars, and by the end of the period considerably over two billions a year...
Coach Smythe of the Varsity is handicapped slightly by having no defense reserves. Porter and Wright have played through every game, however and seem to have no trouble in holding up under the pace. Sullivan relieves them of much of the burden of defense by his phenontenal goal tending. Both individually and as a team, the ice men from the North have performed brilliantly and will be heavy favorites tomorrow night if they continue in their present form...
This service is intended to help students to adjust themselves to the methods of college study. The principle is not to lift the burden of work from their shoulders, or to compete with the professional tutors and tutoring schools. On the other hand, it is desided that the necessity for the latter be done away with, and that the students learn to study by themselves, and to study property...
...youth at the present moment--the attitude of facing facts without blinking--which argues well for the future?" Yet he finds that not all of the wisdom is to be from the youngsters; that the father who "looks for honor in these days has a full half of the burden of the Fifth Commandment laid squarely on his own shoulders." He must teach and teach faithfully lest the younger world forget...
...been in a precarious financial position. This fall the members of last year's championship team, all of whom returned to the University this year, voted to maintain Polo for Harvard at their own expense. The expense of equipment, ponies, and a playing field have been a heavy burden on the players, although it is believed by Captain C. F. Clark, coach of the Crimson four, that the game will amply support itself if stands are erected...