I wasn't conflicted about the message that was so powerfully true for me that day and every other day- that women in this country are still not treated equally (the wage gap is not an alternate fact, it's just a fact), that women still bear the tremendous burden of bearing children with a paltry if any paid leave to rear them, that women are still being objectified and body shamed on the daily.
However, in giant otters, the breeding female bears a disproportionate burden in bearing and raising the young in their first months of life.
His German counterpart, Von Moltke, was full of self-doubt, weighed down by the burden of bearing the name of his uncle, who had been the hero of the wars of German unification.
"I have the honor and the burden of bearing witness here to six generations," he said contemplatively, as he stood on a promontory in the lemon grove, wearing, as it happens, a lemon yellow shirt.
Forbearance and persistence now are surely burdens worth bearing in order to secure a fairly stable future Afghanistan: one that never again shelters terrorists bent on global jihad.
Bridle, headgear by which a horse or other burden-bearing or pulling animal is governed, consisting of bit, headstall, and reins.
Even Flyers Coach Peter Laviolette senses the burden of history bearing down on the Bruins.
Neither Els nor Gary Player ever won The Open at St Andrews, though, and it's a fair bet that young Oosthuizen felt the burden of history bearing down on his slight shoulders as he set off down the first fairway.
To sum it up, the general, about to retire and seemingly speaking from his heart, believes that both the Marines and their equipment in Afghanistan are wearing thin, that their core competencies are being neglected and they are bearing burdens beyond those traditionally imposed on them.
Standing on the deck at historic Federal Hall, the president said all the right things, eloquently pointing out how American taxpayers had "shouldered the burden of the bailout" and are "still bearing the burden of the fallout -- in lost jobs, lost homes, and lost opportunities".
For a play about bearing burdens with dignity, there's an awful lot of dramatic dead weight.
