Word: burdens
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...burden rests on us, as students, to take advantage of these chances, rather than complain when do not land in our laps as we sit and wait...
Graham agrees, saying that while some men see the tension between work and family life as a concern for themselves as well, the burden usually falls to women...
...little as six percent of the regular pool admitted. As a result, applicants with little knowledge of the admissions process and even less guidance with which to navigate it—applicants who also tend to come from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds—face an unnecessarily high burden when applying that has nothing to do with their academic ability...
Even in a country that is four-fifths rain forest and has coastal waters full of fish, the government - which didn't respond to repeated interview requests - appears to lack a compelling vision of what industries might take over where oil leaves off. There is the additional economic burden of importing nearly all of the country's food from Europe. Entrepreneurial spirit has all but evaporated: while rich Gabonese may fund new businesses, most are set up and run by Europeans. And the nation is afflicted by a widespread sense of moral degeneration - from bureaucratic corruption to petty theft...
...rest of Iraq, the hope in Qaim is that the American burden will lessen as Iraqi security forces take the lead. In Baghdad and other centers of sectarian violence, where the security forces are riddled with militiamen and where Shi'ites patrol hostile Sunni neighborhoods, that hope is more like a fantasy. But in al Qaim, foreign jihadists not too long ago antagonized local Sunni tribal leaders; and now the Americans have used that local history to win cooperation from the same maligned tribes, recruiting personnel for the Iraqi army and police. "It's in our best interest to train...