Word: strained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although many fundraisers across the nation all say their campaigns are going well, one Harvard administrator says Columbia University has not fared so well under the economic strain...
...although Miller concedes that "in the overall scheme of things $300,000 is not that huge," he says that the money "is a lot to cut out of a very tight budget." He points out that the financial aid budget will come under even greater strain as Harvard College tightens its own belt...
...other side, the Fund for Animals filed suit in federal court seeking an injunction against the hunt. The protesters contended that there was no proof that Yellowstone bison are a danger to livestock. The strain of brucellosis found in bison may not be virulent enough to pose a significant risk to domestic cattle. "They're making policy without data," charges biologist and bison researcher Jay Kirkpatrick. Says Pacelle: "If people want to graze cattle on the Yellowstone ecosystem, they need to assume some limited risk...
...government says the money was siphoned from the hefty military aid that Washington gives Israel ($1.8 billion this year), and officials fear the scandal will further strain relations with the U.S. Others have called for air force chief Major General Avihu Bin-Nun's resignation. For now, that seems unlikely, especially given the gulf crisis. In an apologetic letter to his staff last week, Bin-Nun wrote, "I trusted Rami Dotan in exactly the same way that I would trust the aircraft technician from whom I receive a plane before a flight...
...opposite extreme, one need not strain for specimens of poor communication in everyday life. Like polluted air, it surrounds and encases us. I see it in the wording of informed-consent papers that patients are asked to sign before undergoing medical procedures. I see it in the small print of insurance policies or on the backs of airline tickets. I struggle over it in tax forms or information from government agencies. I agonize over it in the instructions that come with do-it-yourself kits. I strain to comprehend it when I stop to ask directions, or when I hear...