Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Even on the highly controversial Polish problem, on which some members had strong mental reservations, Churchill in a preliminary vote won the House for the Soviet solution by 396 votes to 25. Principal points from the speech: World Peace. "It is on the great powers that the chief burden of maintaining peace and security will fall. ... It is their duty to serve the world and not to rule it. We trust that the voting procedure on which we agreed at Yalta meets these two essential points. . . . The former League of Nations . . . will be replaced by a far stronger body...
...participate in the conference at Yalta. The first principle of British policy in western Europe is a strong France and a strong French Army. It was, however, felt by all three great powers . . . that while they were responsible for bearing to an overwhelming degree the main brunt and burden of the conduct of the war . . . they could not allow any restriction to be placed on their right to meet together.... France may . . . find many reasons for contentment with the Crimea decisions...
...betting commission house on North Clark Street near the river, Chicago's busiest betting spot, it is a post-racing bonanza. The average Saturday night handle at Sammy's runs about $100,000. On one side of the shop is a Western Union ticker machine, its burden of basketball, hockey and fight results magnified on a moving screen. On the opposite side, half-time and final basketball results are chalked up on a large blackboard as they roll in. Behind the counter, house men with Edward G. Robinson accents answer a battery of telephones...
Walking in his socks while his" mustachios curled magnificently skyward, the Maharaja carried a takri (basket) of earth from the site of the shrine. While thousands of his subjects chanted: "Sat Sri Akal!" ("Truth is eternal!"), the Prince bore his burden on his turbaned head in token of his total humility...
...projects proposed will, he went on, increase the wealth of the community; and as long as the nation has an expanding economy, an increase in the national debt will not represent a burden on the people. And an economy which stagnates, he concluded, will...