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...State ranks 47th in the nation for tax burden imposed on its residents in 2002, according to a study by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, falling well below Texas, the president’s home state...
...crowded classroom: a yellow shirt, a red dress, a white blouse. "We are not rigid here, as long as a child can come," says Kansiime, 40. "It's not the clothes that make the child learn." Six years ago, before Uganda became the first country to have its debt burden eased under a World Bank?administered initiative, classrooms like Kansiime's were half empty. Parents couldn't afford the $40-$50 annual tuition. Then the World Bank program, called the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, reduced Uganda's loan payments on the condition that the savings be channeled into health...
...It’s unreasonable to expect students to carry that burden and students might have to carry the debt for weeks and months,” Mahan said...
...percent over the past five years. If the GAO concludes that the publishing industry is swindling students, they must be reprimanded and Congress must ensure that they are held accountable in the future. New textbook editions and software add-ons must be warranted in order to relieve the financial burden on students...
...more disappointing in my view is the notion that by not placing in the top three spots in competitions, an athlete has somehow failed us. Thanks in large part to the media, moreover, a low medal count is supposed to be cause for national concern, even embarrassment. What a burden to heap on our Olympians! How well or poorly Canadian athletes have done at any Olympics has never affected my pride in my country one bit. John D. Avery Winnipeg, Canada