Word: burdens
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...free a camel of the burden of his hump (or slump), he wouldn't be a camel anymore. Everybody just needs to relax. Papi always comes out on top. The fat lady ain't sung...
...course packs violate copyright laws. Georgia State’s program is cost-effective for students, but it does not account for the importance of intellectual property, and schools need to find a way to satisfy the needs of both parties. Universities should make an effort to shoulder the burden of copyright costs that hike up the price of textbooks. In doing so, however, they must creatively lower costs while remaining within the confines of the law. Although copyright law leads to hundred-dollar course packs that are costly to universities and students, intellectual property law ensures the ongoing production...
...temptation for any new president to preserve expanded executive powers, an unambiguous renunciation of this administration’s policy on torture will be a necessary condition for rebuilding American credibility in the world. And as tired as Americans may be of chronicling the disgraces of this presidency, the burden of passing judgment does not yet lie solely with the historians...
...chronically ill patients who are hospitalized for months or years, knowing that they are leaving loved ones deep in medical bills is yet another burden to carry...
...been its armies of cheap workers, but that edge is getting dull. Labor costs have increased 50% in the past four years across southeastern provinces--an area of China sometimes called the "workshop of the world"--and a new labor law passed by Beijing will only add to the burden. Jonathan Anderson, an economist at UBS in Hong Kong, says factory owners in southern China believe the new law will drive labor costs an additional 10% to 25% higher. Among other provisions, the new law entitles laid-off workers to one month of severance pay for every year of employment...