Word: caning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voices to his slight comedy, which is virtually tongue-tied as to passion and skimpily plotted. Hepburn plays Margaret Mary Elderdice, a widow of about 70, who is fiercely independent of mind but whose body is weakening. In the course of the play, physical declivity takes her from a cane to a walker to a wheelchair. Her lifeline is no longer in the palm of her hand...
...cheerful thumbs-up sign to the crowd of some 200 White House reporters, who gave him a welcoming ovation. Brady should be home from the hospital by Thanksgiving, and although he is still partially paralyzed on his left side, he will eventually be able to walk with a cane. A full recovery is still uncertain. Even so, the press secretary's impish wit was much in evidence. Joined for the ribbon-cutting in the press room by the President and First Lady Nancy Reagan, Brady smiled as the President told reporters, "This room is built over a swimming pool...
...Great Wall of China. Often confined to a wheelchair with severe rheumatoid arthritis, she had to be carried up and down the steps. But now, after many years of needing assistance whenever she came or left, Mrs. Lojko proudly navigates that once insurmountable hurdle by herself, needing only a cane...
Price and Belize will have their problems. The substandard economy depends on exports of sugar cane, bananas and citrus fruits, but only 15% of the arable land is cultivated. There is little industry. Per capita income is only $1,038 a year, and Belize stands to lose the $8 million in aid it received last year from Britain. To help get Belize on its feet, London did make a parting grant of $22 million. In addition, Belize's independent status will make it eligible for aid from the United Nations (it became a member last week by a vote...
When he came back to headquarters last week, his walls had a fresh, subtle ivory tint, there were new white sofas around the fireplace, and Franklin Roosevelt's six cane-backed chairs had been re-covered in rust-colored leather. Ronald Reagan entered Phase 2 of his presidency in style...