Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cruelty, they become more attentive and tender with her, their days are darkened by a terrible conviction that she has surprised them together. When they try to make friends with her, the temporary guardian accuses them of plotting. Pushed violently back & forth, her nerves snapped, carrying too heavy a burden of adult concerns and a fixed belief that nobody wants her, Margot is found drowned in France. Hendrick believes he has killed her. The sense of guilt stays with him after his divorce, after his marriage to Leda, after his return to the steel company...
...been necessary to place part of the sports on an informal basis. At present polo, rugby and golf are in this position which means that they are provided with university facilities as much as possible and the H. A. A. contributes a small sum for coaching expenses, but the burden equipment and transportation falls upon the shoulders of the participants
Under an illogical arrangement which clicks perfectly in practice, Egypt has the status of an "independent kingdom" controlled by the British Government. As Britons return home from bearing the white man's burden in Egypt they are apt to join the Nile Club and last week in London this civil-servantish clique mustered its tailcoats and stiff shirts, its last year's evening gowns and small family pearls to be addressed by His Excellency the Ethiopian Minister, Dr. Azaj Wargneh C. Martin and his 9-year-old son, John Martin...
Alan has not been killed at the front, only blinded. Believing that this will make his life a burden rather than a joy to Kitty, he does not return to her. Instead, under an assumed name, he takes to writing juveniles, attended only by a secretary (Frieda Inescort) and his friend Sir George Barton (John Halliday). On the eve of their marriage, Kitty and Gerald learn of his existence. Still hell-bent on self-sacrifice, Alan arranges the furniture in the living room, hides his Braille books, awaits their call. When they arrive, he greets them soberly, pours a drink...
...place part of the sports on an informal basis. At present polo, rugby, yachting, skiing, rifle, and golf are in this position which means that they are provided with university facilities as much as possible and the H. A. A. contributes a small sum for coaching expense, but the burden of equipment and transportation falls upon the shoulders of the participants