Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Administration officials have suggested that commuters should be made non-resident members of resident houses. The proposal has been rejected repeatedly for two practical reasons: commuters themselves do not want amalgamation with other Houses, and the Masters feel that non-resident members would put an unacceptable burden on the already overloaded Houses...
...North Gate, by Gwyn Griffin. A taut little novel that shows Britons at an outlying African desert post trying to stand up under the white man's burden...
...long talk session leading to the squirrel's leap, White rather clearly delineates the opposing points of view: passivity vs. action, selfishness vs. altruism, irresponsibility vs. concern. And he does it quickly and lightly so his meaning is never a burden...
...alluded disparagingly to our coverage of the Philippines and Bolivia. I could burden you with documentation on the painstaking job of professional reporting that backed up the stories in question, but I will say simply this: we have seen no evidence that we were wrong in either case...
...Burdened? The U.S. has done much. Last year the lending power of the Export-Import Bank (which does 40% of its business in Latin America) was boosted from $5 billion to $7 billion. The U.S. agreed before last week's meeting to contribute a major share in the initial $1 billion capitalization of a new Inter-American Development Bank. But the U.S.'s Delegate Thomas Mann, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, pointing to "the very heavy burden which the American taxpayer today bears in order to create a defensive shield...