Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even though I have come to be wary of dead heroes and the overwhelming burden their martyrdom imposes on the living, I will allow myself a prophecy. Or maybe it is a warning. More than 3 billion human beings on this planet right now live on less than $2 a day. And every day that breaks, 40,000 children--more than one every second!--succumb to diseases linked to chronic hunger. They are there, always there, the terrifying conditions of injustice and inequality that led Che many decades ago to start his journey toward that bullet and that photo awaiting...
...history. Their romance shook the British Empire, rocked the Church of England, changed the succession and foretold the dissolution of the power of royalty. He made a radio broadcast, one of the most famous public declarations of love in history: "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love...
...administrators said, was to free up more of students' time, relieving them of the burden of work requirements or loans. Harvard's plan dwarfed some other schools--in both size and mission. It was some three times larger than Yale's plan, for example...
...Douglas W. Sears '69, president of the Inter-Club Council, said graduate members believe Harvard should carry more of the social burden and allow the clubs to return to their original purpose...
...from a professor's point of view, rightly pointing out in an e-mail message that "only students are affected by it--it requires no more effort on the part of the Faculty (except adding a few more students to a few courses), but it does add a nontrivial burden to the requirements on certain students." Is it too much to ask for the administration to minimize student requirements and reinstate the A.P. science exemption...