Word: overtaxed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...says the state health department isn't recommending closures or cancellations, but instead asks the public to break the chain of infection by keeping contagious persons isolated until they can sustain a normal temperature without the benefit of medication. He suggests schools and employers waive attendance policies rather than overtax the health-care system by requiring written excuses...
...crowds arrived, Sydney tried hard to be cynical about the whole affair. People asked why the government was spending $80 million on World Youth Day, a Catholics-only event. They grumbled that streets would be closed and traffic disrupted. Some feared the week-long festival of faith would overtax police and emergency workers. Racing fans were angry that the final Mass would lock up the city's biggest racetrack. Activist groups saw the event as a chance to protest against Catholic teachings on homosexuality and abortion, and demanded that Pope Benedict XVI apologize for sexual crimes committed by Australian clergy...
...inflicted water woes [Nov. 26]. The urbanization (officially known as "revitalization") of Jekyll Island, a barrier-island state park, is moving forward under a full head of steam. Plans include a new convention center, shopping center, hotels, condos, cottages and time-shares.The influx of thousands of visitors will undoubtedly overtax the current water allotment from the Floridan Aquifer. To meet increasing water requirements, Governor Sonny Perdue had better spend more time praying to bring down a deluge of biblical proportions...
...year and a half,” Patterson said. “That may make sense for pundits and for people like me. There’s always those campaign junkies out there—they’re like Red Sox fans. For most citizens, we overtax them. Our campaigns just last too long...
...proposal didn’t reach Washington until a year later. The Pentagon ultimately rejected two of the three major points, approving only the integration of the liberal arts and military curricula. According to the Department of the Army, the prolongation of the summer training period would overtax Army resources—and without that extended summer period, an additional year remained necessary...