Word: overburden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...education into a national soap opera, "Graduates in Debt." A report released last week by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee warns that while student borrowing under federal programs has tripled in the last decade, federal grants and scholarships have decreased by 62 percent. This, the report says, threatens to overburden a generation of college graduates...
...husband to a mother's jealousy of a nanny's close relationship with her child. Bunge tells students, "You are a resource person like an accountant or an attorney. You have to present your information in a subtle way." Yet most schools teach some assertiveness training. "Families tend to overburden nannies," says Larry Uno, of the California Nannie College in Sacramento. "We teach them...
...Francoeur, devout Roman Catholics, are seen intermittently flitting through their woods like shades in Dante's Purgatorio, while Daniel tussles with sexuality, unspecified rage and moral salvation. Should he refuse to register for the draft or sign up as a conscientious objector? The question threatens to overburden a small, finely balanced novel of physical awakening. But the risks pay off in an unexpected dimension. Daniel's brother Albert, a Marine Corps officer, offers advice that goes beyond the usual gung-ho justifications. "Your private longing may be to live," he writes, "but that counts for nothing. You cannot...