Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...started selling their cheese, the U.S. imposed a quota to keep all but a sliver of foreign blue cheese out. CJ The U.S. lays great stress on the 1921 Anti-Dumping Act, which protects domestic markets from the unfair competition of foreign products sold below cost. Yet under the burden of its surpluses,* the U.S. is peddling abroad $1.4 billion worth of food, some of it in 6,000,000 Christmas parcels to be distributed free by U.S. troops, much more at cut-rate prices that undermine its allies markets...
...board charges, would merely include a flat room rent in its formulas. A few students who do not now require financial aid would undoubtedly have to request it under a fixed room rent system. But the simplicity of a single charge for all University expenses should outweigh any extra burden placed on the Financial Aid Office...
Bengal Brigade (Universal). The British laid down the white man's burden in India seven years ago, but it is still a weary load on the U.S. moviegoer's mind. Bengal Brigade is the second Hollywood picture this year to be concerned with the period of the great Sepoy Mutiny...
...Crimson's weakest link so far is its offense, with pivot man Sacks being asked to bear most of the burden. Wilson is trying to compensate for this with a switching man-to-man defense, and a slow possession-type offense to keep the ball away from the opponent as long as possible...
...year, they argue, why should football not be a two season sport. It is a strong argument, for both are played under the same athletic codes by students from the same university. But the fault lies not in the sports themselves, but in the relative pressures involved. Football's burden stems from its own popularity--in a sense its restrictions are self-imposed...