Word: handicap
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...hometown editors seemed to have trouble on the soggy field and were at first awed by the larger opposition, which had a weight advantage of 30 pounds per man. An added handicap was that the Princetonian insisted on having rules. These several obstacles enabled the Tiger Rag to nail Andy Jamison in the end zone after he dropped back 25 yards to pass...
...homosexual. I am also happy as a homosexual (though this society does not make that very easy) [Oct. 31], and I reject the implications that I have an "undesirable handicap"-for it is not my homosexuality, but rather society's insane reaction to it, that is the undesirable handicap...
...formidable problems remain. For one, existing local laws that protect the environment are often poorly drafted and administered-making it especially important, as Chicago Lawyer Joseph Karaganis puts it, "to light a fire under public law-enforcement officials." Beyond that, conservationists' suits tend to be underfinanced, a handicap in fighting both large industries and the many small ones that contribute to regional air and water pollution. In addition, a court injunction against potential as well as present polluters still requires proof that irreparable damage is likely, a difficult task when it comes to such highly technical puzzles as last...
...report's sobering implication that society has been grossly unfair to the homosexual is sure to stir controversy, and its recommendations are bound to be adopted only slowly. Still, the research makes clear that Americans can now recognize the diversity of homosexual life and understand that an undesirable handicap does not necessarily make everyone afflicted with it undesirable...
Since then he has beaten America's best handicap horse, Nodouble, in the Metropolitan Mile, America's best three year old. Majestie Prince, in the Belmont Stakes, and subsequently won the Jim Dandy Stakes by ten lengths and the Travers by six and a half lengths. There is no horse in America who can run with him at distances over a mile...