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Obviously all this constitutes a significant burden, which players are expected to shoulder themselves, unlike at other colleges...
...faculty that stridently demands accountability and transparency from the administration must be willing to place the same burden on itself. The truth will eventually trickle out; we hope the Faculty will act for the good of the university by telling it sooner rather than later...
...woman may be getting so much pressure she?s not thinking clearly.? The doctor, on the other hand, ?should be operating in a calm and collected manner, have identified all the risks to the woman; he?s counseling the woman. We think its appropriate to place a greater burden upon the doctor...
...Afghanistan and turn over responsibility for much of the troubled south to NATO forces. Washington also hopes the newly trained Afghan army, which has 35,000 troops, will assume a greater role. But in places like Helmand province, where few Afghan or foreign troops were stationed, the main burden of fending off the insurgents has fallen to an Afghan police force that is poorly trained and often overmatched by the Taliban. Says Sam Zia-Zarifi, research director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division: "They are totally ill prepared for what they are going to face...
According to Senator Reed, Pentagon officials should also expect questions on the Hill about what is not being spent. Case in point: the Marine Corps, traditionally the most frugal of the services, has borne the brunt of the burden of fighting in Iraq, yet has seen billions pared from its funding. The Marines' new special-ops unit--a pet project of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's--wanted $65 million for such equipment as sophisticated nightscopes and computer-mapping systems, but the Administration refused the request. The Marines are still flying around Iraq in Vietnam-era helicopters--yet $1 billion...