Word: burdening
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...those parallels, today's U.S. economy is carrying a burden that was not so pervasive a problem in the 1920s. In a word: debt. America's level of borrowing among consumers, corporations and government has reached staggering heights. The current total is approaching $8 trillion, or almost twice the country's gross national product. "The increase of real debt ((adjusted for inflation)) occurred at about the same pace as real GNP growth during the '50s, '60s and '70s. But in the '80s it has occurred at double the rate," notes W. Van Bussman, a corporate economist for Chrysler. The current...
...similar bill, but opponents say the U.S. cannot afford to add such a sum to the huge federal budget deficit. Supporters of the measure say the U.S. is morally indebted to the detainees. Said California Democrat Norman Mineta, whose family was sent to an internment camp in 1942: "The burden has fallen upon us to right the wrongs of 45 years ago." But Administration officials note that restitution payments were made to some Japanese Americans after the war, and predict that the President will veto the measure...
Renovations to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, scheduled to be completed in about a year, will alleviate some of the burden and free up space elsewhere, Parsons says...
Renovations to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, scheduled to be completed in about a year, will alleviate some of the burden and free up space elsewhere, Parsons says...
...American hospitals have been indifferent to these changes and the increasing stress they place on residents. Some have instituted "night floats," fresh teams of doctors who arrive at 10 p.m. to ease the burden of those on all-night call. Others, such as Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., have established support groups for house staff to help them cope with emotional difficulties. In some cases, fear of malpractice suits has served as incentive for medical centers to limit the hours that residents spend in the emergency room or in such specialty services as anesthesiology, where the slightest error...