Word: handicap
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...remedy them before birth, we'll be raising scores on IQ tests. Should we tell parents they can't do that, that the state has decided they must have a child with dyslexia? Minor memory flaws? Below-average verbal skills? At some point you cross the line between handicap and inconvenience, but people will disagree about where...
...effective advocate of environmental protection and campaign reform. Though his liberal politics often clashed with those of his constituents, the wry, self-deprecating Representative was singularly well respected. Of his popularity, he marveled, "I'm a one-eyed Mormon Democrat from conservative Arizona. You can't have a higher handicap than that...
...against it, realizing he would never have the patience required to deal with Congress. Compromising to achieve consensus wasn't his long suit, he told me. It would be good if others seeking the presidency, such as Ross Perot and son-of-a-businessman Steve Forbes, better understood this handicap...
...perfect, they are steps on A peaceful compromise. In a process of compromise, each side must make efforts to understand the other, Bishara and Fahmawi criticiz Israel's "Overstated security imperative." Perhaps they have never met one of the hundreds "wounded" in a terror attack, who will suffer handicap and disfigurement for the rest of his life-not to mention known one of the dead. Although we've never experienced the frustration of waiting in lines at checkpoints, and we've never been in a Palestinian village when the Israeli army comes to destory the house of suspected terrorist...
...always use handicap access elevators, buttons and conveniences. Or, just buy a Rascal motor-scooter for Yard transport...