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...proposal would also require universities to provide detailed quarterly status reports on all their international students, confirming that they are still enrolled in school. Casey said that Harvard would work to make sure any legislation approved by Congress did not overburden the University...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senator Seeks to Suspend New Visas | 10/2/2001 | See Source »

...teachers' advocates say the plan could overburden teachers. With students more or less limited to the classes offered within their school, teachers will have to diversify their offerings and serve in new capacities...

Author: By Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Contention Surrounds School Plan | 1/26/2000 | See Source »

...between the environmentalist model, (humanity will succumb to natural restraints), and the economic model (human nature can circumvent such natural restraints). We may be able to bend the laws of nature a bit, but it would be both arrogant and foolish to believe that we can continue to overburden the earth indefinitely...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: 6,000,000,001: A Population Odyssey | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...most fundamental principle is, make it understandable," he says. "It takes a lot of work to get writers and producers to understand what preschoolers are capable of digesting. And the second principle is that any type of narrative structure should be as linear as possible. Also you should not overburden the child with a juxtaposition of visual images and sounds." Finally, Anderson says, a preschooler's daily life is full of things that are new, so shows should not reach for novelty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: TUBE FOR TOTS | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Megaplex has "no direct impact on Cambridge." But he is "concerned about anything that is going to overburden the infrastructure. This is not to say that there aren't tons of advantages." AGAINST...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Area Leaders on the Magaplex | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

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