Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this giant's job, the biggest share will fall to the Union Pacific. And the burden of the U.P.'s job rests on the muscular shoulders of the red-faced, hard-as-nails Irishman who bosses its 10,000 miles of track, William Martin Jeffers...
...Conceded the need for reparations to countries ravaged by "Hitlerite aggression," with the proviso that the heaviest burden be placed on "the shoulders of the wealthiest groups...
...army's vast organization, combat infantrymen are the hundreds of thousands (among the many millions) who are always in the front lines and who carry the dirtiest, heaviest burden of any war. They are the heroes whom the Army this week honors on Infantry Day (June 15)-the anniversary of the day that George Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army. Through Willie and Joe, Soldier-Artist Bill Mauldin has honored them...
...were some signs that London thought the U.S. was attempting too much. Winston Churchill strengthened this impression last week when he told the House of Commons : "It is our aim that the Germans should administer their country in obedience to Allied directions; we have no intention of undertaking the burden of administering Germany ourselves." Popular nominees for Eisenhower's British opposite number: Field Marshal Montgomery, with whom Churchill conferred last week, and Field Marshal Alexander, who was amply occupied in Yugoslavia (see The Nations...
...Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, recently appointed chief U.S. counsel, was on record with another, fundamental suggestion. Said he: do not burden established courts with prejudged cases. Let political and military judgments be handed down only by political and military agencies...