Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...love for the duties of the throne and the good of his people--a decision which carries little conviction to a 1935 audience which likes to see its princes happy in the arms of their commoner sweethearts. Charles Butterworth and Una Merkel carry the brunt of the comedy burden on their capable shoulders...
...every correspondent expected, the President emphatically did not think so. Embroidering on a pet subject, he went on to declare at some length that the purchasing power of the new dollar was not yet in line with the burden of old private debts. Because he has said the same thing over & over again during the past two years, few White House reporters saw any newsworthiness in his casual words...
...diplomatic. That economic life will suffer goes without saying. The tension under which Europe is now laboring cannot last. It may lessen for as much as a year or two. But economic and social progress is impossible in a world torn with fear, distrust, and staggering under an increasing burden of armaments...
Chief of the veterans were Johnny Adzigian, stellar third sacker a year ago, Bill Lincoln, on whom the main burden of the pitching will rest, Captain Dick Maguire, Drib Braggiotti, a potentially fine pitcher, Ben Prouty, the speedy outfielder, and wise-cracking Craig Woodruff...
...existing machinery is so deplorably defective, it must be repaired and replaced. Each department should create a committee of perhaps five or six members, including the chairman and senior tutor, which would deal exclusively with student problems. The committee members should hold office hours in rotation. Then the burden would not be too great for any one individual and yet there would be some representative always available. The mere fact that there was somebody always "on tap" and that there was a similar organization within each department would encourage students to settle their difficulties...