Word: burdens
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...celebrated with his team in Houston's Minute Maid Park, Sox GM Kenny Williams wiped champagne from his eyes and told a reporter that the Sox win "has finally taken a lot of weight off my shoulders." That was an understatement: all of Chicago set down a heavy burden-the weight of 88 years of history. On Thursday morning the city's two daily newspapers both had special issues on newsstands with headlines shouting "Believe It!" and "Champs...
...students. In particular, upperclassmen randomly assigned to live in the Quad simply do not have the time to go to their designated dining hall for lunch, and in some cases dinner. They should not be forced to buy food in the Square or, even worse, navigate Fly-by.To ease the burden on students who have to eat at a restricted house or not eat at all, restrictions should only apply during prime time meal hours. For instance, dinner restrictions should only apply from six to seven o’clock, providing a window on each end for students who have...
...main source of city revenue—such as reexamining property assessment methods or working with the state legislature. Councilor Timothy Toomey, Jr. and Mayor Michael A. Sullivan, who is one of the nine council members, each suggested that additional funds from Harvard could help ease the burden on overtaxed residents.estion of whether taxes should be cut at the expense of social services. “There is no other community in the state that comes close to providing the level of services that we provide to our citizens,” said Councilor Toomey, praising Cambridge for services like...
...wage, we can expect one of two scenarios to result. The first option, fewer jobs, is decidedly unpalatable, and thus it’s understandable that many students would rally against it. Unfortunately, the other option is an increase in our tuition, which is already enough of a financial burden to any family...
...argue that society shares the burden of elevating the quality of life of its lowest-earning members to some minimum threshold. However, to attempt to eliminate the spread of wages over the range of possible jobs and the skills, training, difficulty, and risk associated with those positions flies in the face of any logic. No group or organization can thoughtfully demand wages 50 percent higher than their current level and nearly double the fair wage as valued by the nation as a whole...