Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little Italian steamer Artiglio, 148 ft. long, of 284 tons burden, at anchor last week near Belle He, 25 miles off the southern coast of Brittany, had an importance out of all proportion to its size as the most modern, most completely equipped salvage ship in the world. Last September the little Artiglio bobbed on front pages of the U. S. press when her grappling hooks struck the submerged wreck of the P. & O. liner Egypt, a steamer that sank off Finistere in 1922 with a loss of 92 lives, with $5,000,000 in gold and silver bullion...
...important piece of undergraduate criticism of the University's teaching. Philosophy A and the other introductory courses have long been a storm center. The reason for dissatisfaction is not with the men giving the lectures or with the courses themselves. It goes deeper, to the fact that the burden of teaching philosophy to students who are required to take it as the lesser of two evils is too heavy for the present courses. The Advocate contributor has not said the last word on the subject, but he at least points out that there is a problem, in the Philosophy requirement...
...purposes other than social, recreational or commercial. And, as every one knows who has ever had any contact with American undergraduates, this serious student whose major pre-occupation for four years is the pursuit of curricular ambitions is a very rare fellow, indeed. Of course, this is not the burden of deans and presidents in their annual reports to the trustees or in their high-minded dissertations in the educational reviews, but the fact remains that the dominant concern of the large majority of young collegians today is not book learning, scholastic rating or formal education...
While I am satisfied with the treatment accorded me since my discharge from the Navy after War service by state and federal governments, I nevertheless could make good use of the compensation and would be pleased to receive it if it would not be a burden to the government at this time; if it would overcome the present depression; or if the government would be taking advantage of an economy by paying the certificates...
...President said: "For the fiscal year 1932 the favorable margin between our estimated receipts and estimated expenditures is small. . . . This is not a time when we can afford to embark upon any new or enlarged ventures of government. . . . [but] in the absence of further legislation imposing any considerable burden upon our 1932 finances we can close that year with a balanced budget...