Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...woman reader, with heavy make-up, arched eyebrows, gypsy rings and long red dress, dart about like those of a nervous crank, making sure the other readers don't take her customers. She offers such wisdom as, "you have a dog who loves you very much [the man is blind and has a seeing-eye dog next to him]. I see a woman coming into your life. You will be healthy and happy together. Your wishes will come true. She will have a dog too [will she be blind also...
...witty. People you do not notice in a crowd because they try to avoid crowds. In my day they consisted of those like my father, a neighborhood doctor, to whom the kids brought underfed cats and crippled birds, and shy Mr. Platt who led us around on Halloween, and blind Mr. Chevigny who wrote of his seeing-eye dog in a bestseller, My Eyes Have a Cold Nose, and Mr. Homer, who had a booming Bostonian voice with which he asked every child over the age of six: "When do you plan to enroll at Harvard?" On the floor above...
...Heisman winner was Jim Plunkett of San Jose, Calif, and Stanford, a blind news-vendor's son, quiet-spoken but strong-armed, as husky as a linebacker. In today's terms, he was not only John Elway, the top draft choice, but also Dan Marino, the rookie of the year. The Heisman runner-up or, the way he looked at it, the "loser," was Joe Theismann of South River, N.J., and Notre Dame, a mouthy wraith. He still says, "The classic line of the No. 2 guy is that it was enough just to be considered. That...
...them never come forward." The gangs consider it a matter of honor to go after any witnesses if one of their members is arrested. As a result, says Suarez, "we may have a murder committed in broad daylight in front of 20 people, and suddenly those 20 people go blind...
...gift certificate plus a $10,000 donation by Filene's to the winner's favorite charity. Nearly half a million catalogues have been distributed (20,000 of them for $1 each in stores); the contest is expected to draw more than 10,000 entries. Truelove is not blind...