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...University benefits greatly from a vibrant extracurricular life, and encouraging alumni contributions to student groups would serve Harvard’s interests, reducing both the need for University expenditures and the strain on the budgets of grant-giving organizations like the Undergraduate Council. Rather than cannibalize student group donations and compete with undergraduates in fund-raising prowess, Harvard should level the playing field. Donations to Harvard student groups are still donations to the University, and they should be counted as such...
King said that an additional tax on the schools' operating budgets would put an excessive strain on their resources...
ELDER-CARE STRESSES According to research reported in the Academy of Management Journal, caring for elderly dependents is more of a strain for working families than child care. More than 14 million U.S. workers care for aging family members. They report higher levels of stress and lower work performance than workers whose dependents are children, and 25% miss at least one day of work a month to deal with care crises...
Although Wang Zhizhi is a very big man, the hopes of 1.3 billion Chinese strain even the mightiest of shoulders. But fueled by dinners of Texas beef, the 2.16-m Atlas has coolly shrugged off this monumental national burden. Last week, in his first game in the biggest of the big leagues, the National Basketball Association, the soft-spoken Wang wowed a capacity crowd by nailing two shots and a pair of free throws for his new team?the Dallas Mavericks. By the time the play-off-bound Mavs had triumphed over the Atlanta Hawks by 108-94, Asia...
Probably nil, I answer reluctantly. All right. They got bad weather information. I start looking around the cabin, searching the seams of the fuselage for any signs of strain. Don't know what I'm expecting. A loosened panel. Dripping water. A broken bolt. Still no word from the crew. I'm getting ticked. They should be talking to me. My head is pounding. I'm fingering my necklace. My legs ache...