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...want to help crossing, in which case the sighted person should allow the blind person to take hold of an elbow. One should never feed, pet or otherwise distract a guide dog unless expressly permitted by its master. Nor should one grab a blind person's cane or the arm holding...

Author: By Marc Fiedler, | Title: Disabled, but not Handicapped | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...orally. Some knelt before Fahd, who was now seated. Others whispered in his ear, addressing him simply by his first name. The Prince listened to all patiently, occasionally murmuring instructions to his assistants. Among the first petitioners was an aged, crippled, nearly blind man, barefoot and leaning on a cane. He was destitute and was asking for money. Another petitioner had a pregnant wife; he also pleaded for princely largesse. A third needed help to rebuild his house, which had burned down. Another came from a remote district that lacked water and electricity, and he wanted action from the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Majlis: Desert Democracy | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...large, empty lobby. The carpet was the deep, thick kind that absorbs most noise, the kind that you sink into as you walk across it. On the far side of the lobby sat a short, squat old man wearing a freshly pressed three-piece suit and tightly gripping a cane. As I walked in, he looked up at me eagerly...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: Mannequins and Mormons | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

WELCOME TO our Center. That was my husband downstairs with the cane, and we're both here because we're part of something so wonderful that we want to share it with everybody, and we especially want to share it with you. How much time do you have? It's a very special message, and I want to be sure that we have enough time...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: Mannequins and Mormons | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

...walked down the stairs, remembering with a kind of embarrassment the paranoia I'd felt as I climbed them. In the downstairs lobby, Sister Wood's husband waved his cane at me, waved it cheerfully...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: Mannequins and Mormons | 5/9/1978 | See Source »

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