The Army, which must remain an all-volunteer force, has borne the brunt of seven years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan —repeated and long-term deployments, disrupted families.
In a later edition of Mario's diaries, he wrote, "Margaret and Andrew Mark took the brunt of the early years of our marriage, years of financial insecurity when I was a law student and young lawyer, and Matilda taught school".
"If all the chancellor is offering is a 2% change in the taper rate then it will be too little, too late for those working families who have had to bear the brunt of six wasted years of failed Tory economic policies".
"The advocates who are not based in Washington, D.C., and are not very closely aligned with the Democratic Party and with the mainstream political circles were irked, and were seeing that their members. . . were suffering the brunt of this for years with very little concern resonating in the conversations about comprehensive immigration reform," said García Hernández.
South Wales will bear the brunt of the two-year programme of cuts, through the mothballing of virtually the whole of the Llanwern plant and the closure of the Ebbw Vale tinplate business.
By Bob Coen BOUAKÉ, Côte d'Ivoire, 20 November 2005 – Children are bearing the brunt of a three-year-long civil conflict that has divided this west African nation.
UNICEF-supported centres protect children affected by conflict BOUAKÉ, Côte d'Ivoire, 20 November 2005 – Children are bearing the brunt of a three-year-long civil conflict that has divided this west African nation.
Overall, the genotypic frequencies changed rapidly to about eight years of age (Figure 6) and stayed relatively level after that, an age at which the brunt of fishing of a year class is over.
Many states are feeling the brunt of cuts that started years ago but have gotten worse because of the economy.
If they find a shelter in Pakistan, the Taliban could easily escape the brunt of the two coming years of a military surge.
