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Being young and a woman are disadvantages enough on Wall Street, but Laura Sloate has a third handicap: she has been blind since she was six years old. Even so, after a mere five years in the securities business, she grossed more than $100,000 in 1973 as a research analyst with Drexel Burnham, a major securities house. Last week she opened her own securities firm with two associates and a seat on the New York Stock Exchange...
...that Sloate sometimes uses her blindness to win sympathy and describe her as a highly aggressive person. She concedes: "I've been known to annoy people." But she has demonstrated an ability to help her clients make money, and in the stock market that talent will overcome any handicap...
Language is by far the greatest handicap facing the Portuguese in Cambridge. For Costa, who had had previous exposure to English, language was the first and major barrier he encountered. For others--the majority of Portuguese immigrants in Cambridge who have had no prior exposure to English--the problem is even more compelling...
...Because the boats vary in design and size and therefore in potential speed, the winner will be the boat with the best corrected rather than elapsed time. Corrected time is computed on a handicap basis, taking into account such factors as the boat's waterline length and sail area...
Veteran Hollywood Musical Star Jane Powell, 44, will make her Broadway debut on schedule this week in the '20s hit show Irene despite a behind-the-scenes handicap. Director Gower Champion, busy with a new musical, declined to rehearse with Jane. Luckily, an interim replacement was at hand: Debbie Reynolds, 41, her predecessor as Irene. "Debbie helped me in every possible way," said a delighted Jane. "She kept people from confusing me, and even found a wig to match my hair." Gratitude aside, Powell intends to leave her own stamp on the role of the plucky piano tuner...