Ailey suffered from drug abuse and manic-depression aggravated by the pressures of growing responsibilities.
His growing responsibilities with the Sonics allowed him to miss class dances and other awkward obligations, but even alone, he felt out of place.
"While the United States frames China in terms of its growing responsibilities as a major power, China continues to think primarily in terms of its own interests".
This means, as the president later explained in front of Hu Jintao, his Chinese opposite number, that China's "growing economy is joined by growing responsibilities". Engagement" is backed by a second policy, best described as hedging.
But Mr. Thompson could also sound downright sympathetic to the bureaucrats he has found at the Health Care Financing Administration -- "some great people," he said, who are squeezed by growing responsibilities, limited resources, and an ancient computer system.
"At this time of American influence and growing responsibilities in the world, institutions such as Harvard bear a responsibility to educate its students to be knowledgeable and responsible as they go out in the world -- to know the languages, to know the culture, the economics and the policies of the countries they will visit, to interact in a knowledgeable way".
Vauban's growing responsibilities included those as "commissary general of fortifications"—though that title remained with the nominal holder of the office until 1677; he travelled constantly and conducted an immense correspondence with the King and with the war minister, the marquis de Louvois.
Despite the growing responsibilities of board members, nine C-level executives still hold directorships in three or more large companies.
They suggested that the decline in empathy might be an internal reaction against overwhelming exposure to sickness, suffering, and death on the one hand and growing responsibilities on the other.
"We welcome China's efforts to play a greater role on the world stage – a role in which their growing economy is joined by growing responsibility," he said.
In this age of increasing fear, the US Customs and Border Protection has a growing responsibility – not only to protect the American public, but also to help mitigate fear.
