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Unfortunately for the amorous duo, the cruel king of England has come up with a new scheme to keep Scotland under the English yoke. The ancient fertility rite of "prima notte," or first night, is reinstated. This means that when a woman marries, the lord of her district will have the right/duty to have sex with her. The English soldiers interpret this new plan as license to take any woman they see, and Murron catches the eye of one licentious soldier, She lashes out drwingte wrath of tother English soldiers, and William helps her to escape. Incensed by this attack...
...whatever means necessary, Harvard must find some way to get the yoke of the government off its neck. Diversity and need-blind admissions may be nice things to have, but they are worth nothing if Harvard has to sacrifice its freedom to get them...
...there they go again. A gang of nine Republican hopefuls and hopelesses went up to Manchester for the kickoff dinner at the Holiday Inn and announced that, yes, they are conservative ever and always, my heavens, yes, and are the ones to lift the terrible yoke of government from the people's shoulders, and, no, the words tax increase never cross their lips without a sense of deep personal revulsion, and, yes, they are looking forward to visiting New Hampshire often in the weeks and months ahead. So here we are, back in the dark vale of self-abasement that...
...dynamic-scoring models hold that a 10% tax cut may boost economic activity by lifting the yoke of taxation off workers and businesses, which affects not only their own behavior but the performance of the economy as well. Increased economic activity means that the government's incoming revenues might actually be enhanced by tax cuts. Thus, using the dynamic- scoring model, tax cuts don't always require matching spending cuts...
...just feel oppressed by all the regulations, all the red tape. The money is not the big thing; it's all that bureaucracy," Schloming said. "It's a real yoke of oppression...