Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American innocent abroad has long been the butt of foreign laughter and scorn. In fact foreigners, from Charles Dickens to Lady Asquith, have journeyed even to our own front stoop to voice all manner of criticisms, the burden of which has ever been that "getting and spending, we lay waste our powers". "Little", they tell us, "do we see in art which is ours...
...Germans murdered two men near the town of Buer, and the French retaliated by killing eight and wounding thirteen. This alters the complexion of affairs. Germany has nothing to gain by murder. Her burden may be heavy and the way difficult, but sanguinary tactics are suicidal. France, on the other hand, will succeed in completely alienating foreign sympathy if she allows the present situation to develop. Moreover, " killings" give the Germans an opportunity of doing homage to their martyred countrymen...
...suddenly remembers that a grade of A or B on those tests would excuse him from final examinations in all courses that lie in his field of Concentration. But if he is not taking courses in that field, the well-earned reward is wasted, and he has the added burden of June examinations, after he has passed the Divisionals...
...much work in the reconstruction as Germany, the aggressor. France has been obliged to borrow enormous sums of money to carry on this work and at the same time pay pensions to the wounded soldiers and their families. To pay the interest and principal on these debts a huge burden of taxation has been placed upon the French taxpayers. Although the national income tax in France is not much heavier than similar taxes in England and the United States, the greater total weight of taxation is seen when one considers the taxes in the departments, arrondissements, and communes, which...
Jones will play his first official game as captain of the yearling team tonight. He was elected to this position just before the game with team B last Friday. With Reed out of the line-up, most of the scoring burden will fall on Jones and Smith. The latter registered six out of 11 baskets in the game with the Boston Y. M. C. A., and will shoot the fouls tonight...