Word: burdens
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...other developments in the case, the defense asked for a directed verdict on Thursday, claiming the prosecution had not met its burden of proof...
...State ranks 47th in the nation for tax burden imposed on its residents in 2002, according to a study by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, falling well below Texas, the president’s home state...
Kadakia came up with the idea for the semi-formal, and student groups from Boston University, Northeastern, Wellesley, Tufts and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute helped plan the dance and shared the financial burden of renting the boat...
...crowded classroom: a yellow shirt, a red dress, a white blouse. "We are not rigid here, as long as a child can come," says Kansiime, 40. "It's not the clothes that make the child learn." Six years ago, before Uganda became the first country to have its debt burden eased under a World Bank?administered initiative, classrooms like Kansiime's were half empty. Parents couldn't afford the $40-$50 annual tuition. Then the World Bank program, called the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, reduced Uganda's loan payments on the condition that the savings be channeled into health...
...It’s unreasonable to expect students to carry that burden and students might have to carry the debt for weeks and months,” Mahan said...