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Word: burdens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...direction of Dr. Koussevitzky. The performances of several works by Bach have been given in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Boston Orchestra and marked the climax of the symphony season. The Orchestra engaged the Glee Club and the Choral Society to share the burden of the choral work with the Bach Cantata Club. The Harvard and Radcliffe organizations furnished a chorus of nearly 300 voices. The singers were prepared by Dr. A.T. Davison '06 and G.W. Woodworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB AND CHORAL GIVE "MASS IN B MINOR" | 3/28/1931 | See Source »

There is no doubt that the University is in a difficult position, owning to the increased costs of the new housing system. With a heavier burden to maintain, one can understand its carefulness in charging rentals equal to the needs. But the fact remains, that students are the present losers, which means that the University, as it is now conceived, will suffer in the end. The Administration cannot afford to neglect this situation, or to allow financial barriers to block entrance to the Houses. To do so would be to defeat, from the start, the aim of the House Plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN INHERITANCE | 3/26/1931 | See Source »

Hair-trigger nerves. A dark toothbrush mustache. Youth. The gift of gab. Ambition. A decent War record. IDEAS: how to shrug the burden of War debts off one's country's shoulder; how to recapture prosperity; how to become GREAT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Positives of Action! | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

...addition the restriction would add to the already heavy burden of the preparatory school. Already forced to cram their students for the College Entrance Examinations, the restriction would force them to go even faster in order to finish within the time limit. It would seem that some selective method might be found which did not have these disadvantages...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FOUR-YEAR PLAN | 3/10/1931 | See Source »

...based upon the anticipation of wasteful expenditure. If this argument is correct, we should make loans to the whole people. . . . We must not forget the millions of hard-working families in our country who are striving to pay their debts. They, in the last analysis, must bear the burden of increasing Government aid and taxes. It is not the rich who suffer. When we take employment and taxes from our people, it is the poor who suffer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Needy Served First | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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