Word: burdening
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...those Washington would prefer. It's unlikely that most of the key U.S. allies in the Middle East would fare much better than Iraq's Allawi in genuinely democratic elections. But allowing Arab electorates the right to choose their own leaders is still healthier in the long run. The burden of governing is almost always a moderating experience. (Just ask Turkey's crypto-Islamist government, or the leftist administration of President Lula in Brazil.) The alternative, to promise democracy but curtail it when we don't like the outcome, may be even more dangerous...
...specifically “women’s events” and challenge the norms of male leadership. Young members of organizations must encourage the leadership to engage in substantive discussion regarding inherent gender biases within each campus group’s organizational structure. More explicitly, while the burden is on campus leaders both to better structure membership and elections and to more effectively reach out to young women through outreach initiatives, women undergraduates also must step up to the plate—more women must run for offices in these organizations. As Women’s History Month commences...
While Kaplan says that he is not against student loans, he recognizes that excessive loan debt can be a burden...
...meticulously rendered basket of fruit teeters partway in air. The later version of this same scene is more subdued. No 3-D effects, no catch-me-quick fruit basket. Christ's face is isolated against a dark background, as if to say that resurrection has not lifted the burden of his ministry. Bearded, older looking than in the London picture, he blesses the bread with a restrained hand. His blue-green garment is keyed to the picture's muted brown palette. This is what we mean by late Caravaggio, made under the shadow of his worsening predicaments. Yet in Naples...
...delicate issue of Taiwan, most governments follow the American model. They vow at regular intervals that they recognize only One China?the People's Republic?but then send diplomatic personnel to Taipei (under commercial cover), trade with the Un-China, and maintain discreet official contact. The much heavier burden of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait?making sure China doesn't try to take Taiwan by force, or Taipei doesn't provoke Beijing into trying?is shouldered by Washington alone...