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...pros & cons Jimmy Byrnes seemed to have the most pros, if he really wanted the nomination. Most of the party could agree on him, except for his one political handicap-he is no longer a member of the Catholic Church into which he was born. No one could guess how the all-important Catholic vote would regard this. A fight was clearly developing which even a clear indication of Presidential preference might not settle...
...Crimson's main handicap will be a lack of conditioning. Because the H.A.A. was late in getting the floats down and in opening Weld this year, the Engineers have had well over a month's more rowing on the river than Haines' three boats. Also because of the pressure of labs and Navy requirements, Harvard eights have not been able to put in even an hour's practice any day since the season started this spring...
Heraldry and Hustings. Though he never worked, Sir George was always busy. Twice Tory M.P. for the fashionable seaside resort of Scarborough, his chief political handicap was that he could never remember his constituents' names. When not immersed in heraldry, he spent his time sitting on a tall wooden tower in the park, a gray umbrella over his head, a telescope at his eye, figuring out his latest ideas in landscape gardening. "I don't propose to do much," Sir George would say casually, "just a sheet of water and a line of statues." He also liked practical...
Unfranchised People. China's long history of governmental tyranny and clannish family life is "a handicap" to democratic practice. Neither "the common people" nor "the middle and upper classes" are familiar with "the habits of holding elections. . . . Not one member of a hsien [county] council . . . has been elected to his office by the people of the hsien...
...Canadian rules were no handicap to the U.S. team, from the moment the Canadian Army's Mustangs fumbled the opening kickoff. For the U.S. Infantry Blues, Quarterback Tommy Thompson of Fort Worth, Tex., formerly of the professional Philadelphia Eagles, threw two touchdown passes to Halfback Corporal Johnny Bayne, from Ridge Farm, Ill. Corporal Bayne ran the ball to another score, and the Blues just missed two more close chances. Final score: Blues -18; Mustangs...