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...extras, for doing what they would do normally. It is a frequent affair, and the deal seems foursquare, with the residents keeping a hand in the business and the business free to harvest the natural rhythm of the old-the triple beat of a pair of feet and a cane coming down the hall, as some poet said or should have. It is part of the difference of the place...
...recently divorced, along with homosexuals newly out of the closet, use the ads to find quick action. Senior citizens, the handicapped ("I walk with a cane") and those with concerns ("SWM . . . seeks WF WITHOUT HERPES") can come right to the point without hours of social jousting. Once the natural home of kinks and losers, the classified personals now attract people known to advertisers as "upscale." Even the Village Voice, which handles about 50,000 replies to love personals each year, says its audience is "mid-30s, affluent, with many professionals...
Suddenly someone else's troubles grabbed Andrews' attention. Trying to board the train, David Schnair, 75, blind from an injury suffered in combat during World War II, was tapping a metal cane to identify an open door. But when he mistook a space between two cars for a door, he toppled onto the track. The train was about to pull out. "My mind left Jamac and Christmas for the kids," recalled Andrews. "I knew what...
...walked from his car, a black cane in his right hand, into the second-floor lecture hall on the campus of Jerusalem's Hebrew University. Taking his seat opposite the table where the panel would sit, he smiled, then rose respectfully when the three members of the commission entered the room. "My name is Begin, Menachem. My position, Prime Minister," he began. It was the first time an Israeli Prime Minister had ever appeared in public session before an official commission of inquiry, and the outcome could well have grave consequences for Begin and his government. At issue: What...
Eventually, other competitions were added to the wrestling match until the modern out lines of today's Cane Spree began to take shape...