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...ways, Snowdon has to cool his competitive instincts as a journalist lest he be accused of taking advantage of his royal access. Except in his role as court photographer, he says, "I only do pictures that anyone could have done." His celebrity status actually represents even more of a handicap when he is shooting film. "When you're doing stills," he says, "you're a chameleon, unseen and alone." TV filming is a more conspicuous, crowd-attracting business, particularly since union rules require a minimum crew of five. Though a cameraman was on the payroll...
Dyslexia Praecox. Susan started out with what should have been an insuperable handicap for an actress. She had dyslexia, a congenital brain condition that hampers her ability to read aloud. She still aches at memories of trying to get through London's Hampshire School (founded by her mother). "I remember standing up in class trying to read Shakespeare, and I could hear all the other children sniggering and laughing, because I'd be literally making it up. I remember thinking: when I grow up, people are not going to laugh at me. So I thought, who do they...
Although playing away from home is usually considered a handicap. Harvard has a definite advantage when playing at Bakey Field. The field has an extremely short centerfield fence, and Pete Varney hit two drives that sent outfielders all the way to that fence last year...
...very good group of freshmen," said John Lee, varsity coach. "But the lack of lightweights and a heavyweight wrestler have been automatically costing us points." After piling up seven straight wins at the beginning of the season, the freshmen began to feel the handicap and dropped three of their last five matches...
Neither paper found Crooks suggestion satisfactory. The Independent claimed that the handicap was exorbitantly high: the CRIMSON criticized the proposed system for allegedly encouraging destructive competition among undergraduate groups...