Word: eyesight
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...spoke for all the Games' odd fellows when he declared, "To have jumped and still be alive -- it's a thrill." As if Edwards were the grand Finn Matti Nykanen himself, the Brit writers have claimed Eddie as their new knight of the woeful countenance (not to mention feeble eyesight and flapping elbows). What choice did they have? Out at Calgary's quaint hall for curling, the Scots were finishing last in another game they invented. It was pretty exciting curling, though the grandmothers knitting in the stands never dropped any stitches...
...Politburo, as well as the largely ceremonial job of President -- perquisites that would probably not have been accorded to a leader who, like his predecessor Alexander Dubcek, had been forced from office. Though Husak publicly gave no reason for bowing out, he is known to be suffering from failing eyesight. He may also have wanted to be out of the limelight during the approaching 20th anniversary of Dubcek's fabled Prague Spring, the months of flowering economic and political reform that preceded, and precipitated, the invasion. Worldwide recollections of that exciting era are certain to offer unflattering contrasts...
Cuban authorities quickly discredited the prize defector. For most of his career, they said, Del Pino had been a lowly flight instructor. He was grounded in January for psychological stress and eyesight problems, they added, and was assigned to organize an air force museum...
Kelfer struck again in the seventh inning, only this time using his hefty bat rather than his precise eyesight He crushed a fastball over the 375 foot marker in left-centerfield...
Combine Duke's skill, Harvard's determination and my diminished eyesight, and you've got the perfect ballgame. The sleek and the valiant stood out, while the errant passes and air-balled hook shots could be overlooked mercifully...