bear heavily

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This will bear heavily on the quality of the President's appointments and his ability to mold his people into an effective Administration.

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For the schools to raise tuition fees would bear heavily on the already hard-pressed student, and would do little to close their budget wounds.

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Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come.

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Orange bear fe true, the oranges bear heavily.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter

They will probably bear heavily one year and less the next.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 by Northern Nut Growers Association