Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first-born son, John especially felt the burden of his grandfather's admonition that wealth is "a gift of God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind." After graduating from Princeton in 1929, he dutifully went to work at his father's office. "My father had the idea that his sons would follow the same pattern he had," he once explained. The son eventually became a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and of Rockefeller Center, the family's huge real estate complex in Manhattan. He also oversaw...
...Administration's case is that U.S. consumption of more goods from Germany and Japan puts a moral burden on those countries to stimulate growth at home. West Germany will not be easily sold by that argument and will contend that the U.S. import trend is only recent and largely technical. "It won't wash," scoffed a top Schmidt aide. "For both economic and psychological reasons, Washington must tighten the U.S. belt on energy." In the end, politics may help save the day. As host and European spokesman, Schmidt will be personally anxious to avoid a failure...
...that after all this time, the brimstone is dying out. The Stones, as ever, are looking to stun and outrage. But whether they are singing little anthems to S-M (When the Whip Comes Down), deflating stereotypes (Some Girls) or giving the finger-pop to overbearing paramours (Beast of Burden), they seem less fierce than jaded. The songs, the attitudes are meant to have some savor of the streets. Instead, they often sound too much like café society for anyone's comfort but the Stones...
...choices are between good and better, between much and more. The momentum comes from highly educated and skillful bureaucrats who know how to maneuver in their worlds but have a full perception only of their own interests and do not sense the full burden the people must now sustain...
...Georgetown University School of Medicine has risen to a staggering $12,500 a year, the highest in the nation. At other schools, says the A.A.M.C., tuition and fees run from $2,200 to $9,150 a year. Add to that the cost of room, board and books, and the burden becomes even more formidable...