Word: handicap
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opening day of the Fall Handicap Track meet, yesterday, the 100 and 220 yard dashes, the one and a half mile, the running broad jump, and the shot put were run off. The 110 yard hurdles event was postponed to this afternoon at 3.15 o'clock...
...results of the semi-finals of the 100 yard dash were as follows: First heat first, F. T. Brown '32, three yard handicap; second, W. M. Dow '29, two yard handicap: third, W. C. Rowe '31, two yard handicap. Time--10 2-5 seconds. Second heat--first, M. P. Beveridge '32, one yard handicap; second, J. B. Hawes '32, three yard handicap; third, K. L. Johnson '32, two yard handicap. Time--10 2-5 seconds. These men will qualify for the final tomorrow at 3.45 o'clock...
...Smith. So don't be surprised if I pick Smith in a lot of other states from now on. For Mrs. Joe, a saintly woman in her way, is inclined to talk too much. I may have to do something about her later. She will be a handicap to me some day. I can foresee people saying, "Can you imaging Mrs. Forecast in the White House...
This situation may be attributed in part to the increased interest such presses are arousing due to the fact that they are producing a wider distribution of publications. Formerly they were forced to struggle along as best they could with the handicap of printing only very heavy material and scholarly works of research which naturally had a small market...
...prospective saving of $5.000.000, Postmaster Harry Stewart New found that no bids met the U. S. specifications, rejected both International Envelope and Middle West Supply. The slashings and guessing contest began again. Middle West Supply sliced its figure most, about $2,500,000. But with a $500,000 handicap, International Envelope could slash" $2,100,000 and win by its narrow margin of $100,000. Postmaster New had saved millions...