Word: handicap
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...Lack of adequate publicity has been the greatest handicap of the Democratic Party in state and national politics. Special privilege, fostered by the Republican Party, largely controls the press of the country. The Democratic Party is committed to the policy of 'equal rights to all; special privileges to none...
...leveret, from his mount at Saratoga, rose shouting to welcome him. Amid wilder shouting, he rode J. S. Ward's Worthmore, pulled him over the line to win by the width of a lead pencil from H. P. Whitney's Noah in the famed Paumonok Handicap...
...grass with their mashies, plus-four scorers who shyly admit that the only shot they are sure of is their fourth putt. Even of these, many get about a course with 72-odd clips, but only three play golf as every able man sensibly expects to. Last week, the handicap figures of Great Britain were issued. Three golfers were listed at scratch-Roger Wethered, Sir Ernest Holderness, Cyril J. H. Tolley. The first is lean, composed, frosty. His wrists are steel springs ; his swing is the crack of a quirt. The second, gloomy, nervous, plays with...
...they were empted by bride from the enemy yielded, and were caught. Several other boatloads of men sent out to bring in bootleggers also were tempted, yielded, but to date have not been caught. It is hoped that the well-known spirit of the force will over-come the handicap created by the defection of these weaker brethren, but strict surveillance has been commanded in order to prevent any more desertions...
This same plan used by Albert G. Davis is now open to students of Harvard College. The St. Louis business man who made it possible for Davis to earn $712 in just 40 days knows the student's financial handicap. He earned his way thru college. Now that he is in a position to do it, he is making it easy for other students to earn the money they need...