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Laxalt, however, would carry a sizable handicap. What the oil industry is to Texas, gambling is to Nevada, and for some voters Laxalt would be tainted by association. After he was Governor of Nevada, Laxalt was the principal owner of the Ormsby House Hotel-Casino in Carson City. Laxalt is currently embroiled in a libel suit against McClatchy Newspapers, which reported that organized crime was involved in skimming nearly $2 million in receipts from the casino. Though the paper did not claim that Laxalt was involved in or knew about the illegal operation, he has vigorously pursued the lawsuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hinting That He's Available | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...idealistic teacher. The unresponsive institution. The brave deaf children struggling to overcome their handicap. The particularly difficult case. The breakthrough. The setbacks. The ultimate triumph. Children of a Lesser God omits nothing from the formula that guarantees a work to be routinely moving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miracle Worker: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Associates, were also on display at the event. The new 1200 square foot facility—that was once a basketball court—presents improvements for dancers, including an extra studio, dressing rooms, a costume storage room, a green room, air conditioning, American Disabilities Act compliance and handicap accessibility, and parking for staff members...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dancers Bow Out of Radcliffe Yard Home | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

...face a hard, self-evident fact: whether because we dropped the Bomb, or because we live in its shadow, or because we are able to use it, we have created an enormous handicap for ourselves, and we will have to learn to survive and endure in spite of that handicap. The handicap will not disappear. It only remains to be seen if we will disappear, or if, by an effort of will and judgment, we can make our handicap work in our favor, never pretending that we are anything but imperfect, yet also understanding that imperfection is a state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the People Saw: A Vision of Ourselves | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...vote of the Cardinals at the Vatican, and the vote must begin within 20 days of John Paul II’s death. While there has been much speculation about who the next pope will be, Fiorenza said he doesn’t want to “handicap the horses...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Community Mourns Deceased Pope | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

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