Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year had passed since Harry Truman picked up the burden that he had dreaded would fall on him. He had known that whatever he did as President would inevitably be judged by what the people believed his predecessor might have done. This week heavily burdened Harry Truman realized full well that among his towering problems of leading the U.S. people was the still towering shadow of Franklin Roosevelt...
...Modern Burdens. Particularly, the Met does not wish to burden itself with European moderns, and is willing to leave the wisdom of its decision to history. According to Director Taylor, "a shallow, meaningless eclecticism has been . . . to a large extent the fashion of the past three generations." Traditionally, the Met has taken a cautious view of contemporary art: it possesses 27 Rembrandts and no Picassos. Its collection of 15th to 19th Century paintings is the most comprehensive on this side of the Atlantic...
...letter written in reply to a query from the Student Council's Undergraduate General Education Committee, President Conant has put the burden of the future of Harvard's tutorial system back onto the Departments and Faculty members...
...Place, Our Burden. Flushed and triumphant, Reuther faced the delegates. "The great captains of industry and anti-labor forces of America realize," he declared, "that the auto workers can come here and disagree, but when they leave here they leave as a united organization to fight the common fight. ... I want to take my place at the side of Philip Murray and help carry part of the burden which he has to carry as the President of our great C.I.O...
Further free benefits of the "socialized medicine" bill: 1) hospitalization; 2) dental care; 3) eye examinations and glasses; 4) operations. Not so free & easy will be the yearly burden of $608 million which will have to be absorbed by increased taxation. Estimated cost per Briton: $15 a year...