Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ugly American, by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick. A slashing though all too simon-simple polemic, in the guise of fiction, about the men and women who have taken up the white man's burden for the U.S. in Southeast Asia...
Such a drive for funds could aim either at permanently endowing lacrosse, or at providing only enough money to meet the expenses of the next spring season (about $5000). Some Harvard sports--for example, crew and fencing--are already heavily endowed and thus are not a serious financial burden on the University. But this kind of system raises a spectre of undue alumni control over Harvard athletics; and its implications must be carefully thought out before it is accepted as general practice...
...meaning Americans are instantly ready to feel guilty and inadequate about their nation's role among the "underdeveloped" peoples. This book is a slashing, oversimplified, often silly and yet not-to-be-ignored attack on the men and women who have taken up the white man's burden for the U.S. in Southeast Asia...
...there is any doubt about the weather tomorrow, the burden of making a decision will fall upon Charles Segar, acting commissioner in the absence of the convalescent Ford Frick...
...characterization of the other convict is a stereotype--the cheery, flippant, singing Negro who turns out, not unnaturally, to bear a heavy burden of bitterness. Sidney Poitier plays the role as convincingly as possible, though he, too, is at his worst when philosophical...