Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second provision would be excluded those men who entering with two conditions must carry the burden of extra work and find their entire college course troubled by the spectre of probation. These men being under such academic pressure can contribute little to and gain little from the University...
...Abel finds five financial advantages in consolidation. 1) It "serves to concentrate the school revenues of a given area at one or a few points." 2) It "helps to distribute the burden of school taxation more equitably over the larger area." 3) It "offers the possibility of arranging better units for the apportionment of school funds." 4) "State and Federal aid for education can better be focused through the media of larger schools." 5) "In some cases it cost less to maintain the consolidated school than the one-room schools that were united to form...
...Post does not promise to be a better paper for "Views," but it does give indications of being a better paper for "News." It remains to be seen whether the New York public will welcome at 5¢ an evening paper distinguished for its news chiefly. If not, the burden of the mistake will be borne by Mr. Curtis' pocket-book...
That passive resistance would prove more effective than armed resistance was the burden of a talk at the Liberal Club yesterday by Mr. Stanley High, an editor of the Christian Science Monitor...
Modern war, moreover, is in our opinion a vital and immediate menace to Western civilization. Its weapons are the deadliest man has ever used. Its methods are utterly careless of human life. Its cost is a crushing burden to future generations--if there are any. Its effects are a chaos of struggle...