Word: burdens
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...looked upon to do things that other countries can't," says Gribbin. "Not just the use of force, but dealing with hunger and failing economies. He got a firsthand look at the awesome responsibility that that unique position imposes on those who lead." Rather than shrink from that burden, Cheney embraced it. He reasoned, says Gribbin, "Why not enhance and protect that responsibility? Why not make sure you don't fritter it away...
...Gore, who says he decided against running for the collective benefit of the country, his party and his family, experiencing a few pangs of regret? Perhaps, but to his credit, you'd never know it to watch his almost jovial exchanges with the press this week. After carrying the burden and the stigma of the 2000 election for more than two years, Gore looks like a man who finally has other, infinitely more important things to worry about...
...should cleaning up Augusta really be solely a black man's burden? Woods seems to understand that his superstar status requires him to speak up about discrimination whenever he can. He has tried to put himself on the right side of the Augusta issue by saying he favors admitting female members to the club "because it's the right thing to do," but he declines to boycott the Masters because "it's not the players' fault" that Augusta is sexist. He has not said anything as ludicrous as his buddy Michael Jordan reportedly did in explaining his refusal to support...
...militarily to noncompliance. Day by day, Washington disparaged the process. After Iraq declares its arsenal, the White House and the Pentagon said, the regime must lead inspectors to the possible weapons sites and let them question everyone working there. Bush said disarmament, not inspections, was the goal and the burden was on Saddam to prove Iraq was defanged...
Ensuring that all hospitality workers can work free of life-threatening second-hand smoke is a major success for public health that will not impose a major economic burden on Boston’s restaurants, bars or nightclubs. A recent survey of sales tax data in over 80 cities and towns published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice found that restaurant revenues were not affected by laws restricting smoking. Even in Beverly Hills, the first city in California to enact a complete restaurant smoking ban, sales tax data indicates that there was no subsequent drop in restaurant...