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Word: burdened (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...stand on the simple proposition that the country is entitled to all the relief from the burden of taxation which it is possible to give. The proposed measure gives such relief. Other measures which have been brought forward do not meet this requirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Expression | 2/18/1924 | See Source »

...Wilson heard the President calling weakly. She rushed to him and called Dr. Grayson. Mr. Wilson's left leg had crumpled beneath him and he lay on the floor of his bathroom. The doctor eased the President at full length upon a rug and dragged the burden to the bedroom. With Mrs. Wilson's assistance he placed the President upon the bed. Examination showed the unmistakable signs of apoplexy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Death | 2/11/1924 | See Source »

Hovering about is a fairy godmother in the person of a grandmother. She approves youthful intentions so emphatically that she opens ample money bags and relieves the brats of the possibly onerous burden of the fulfillment of their resolutions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Feb. 11, 1924 | 2/11/1924 | See Source »

...people as a definite issue upon which the choice of the president should turn. By its platform, the Democratic Party declared it "favors the League of Nations as the surest, if not the only, practicable means of maintaining the peace of the world and terminating the insufferable burden of great military and naval establishments...

Author: By George W. Wickersham, | Title: SAYS BOK PLAN WILL CLARIFY U.S. PROBLEM | 2/7/1924 | See Source »

...useless for a man to assume unnecessary responsibility. The class treasurer will have burdens enough of his own within a few years, and the class fund would be a burden to him if the policies were payable to him. To save him trouble, time and criticism--which is unavoidable for a man in charge of a trust fund--it is far better for the policies to be made payable direct to the University, which will then establish a special investment account for that purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAYS INSURANCE IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY | 2/6/1924 | See Source »

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