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LOWERING HIS HANDICAP, NUNN TOO SOON. Suburban Washington's Burning Tree Golf Club is not considered a politically expedient course because of its policy of excluding women. But Senator Sam Nunn has until now preferred working on his golf handicap rather than his electoral one. By resigning last week the Georgia Democrat appeared to be teeing up for a presidential race in 1992. Of course, he can always follow in Lloyd Bentsen's cleats and rejoin his old club if he loses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grapevine: Apr. 23, 1990 | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...practice of free trade with Japan is akin to acceptance of a grievous handicap in that Japan does not abide by the same set of rules, that is resulting in a historic transfer of wealth from the U.S. to Japan. I have little faith in the trade agreements that have been signed between the U.S. and Japan because they only are conceived after great pressure has been applied and frequently before global summit-conferences in order to reduce world-wide media attention on Japan. For those nations whose trade policies are based on free trade and allow equal access...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Why Japanese Investment in the United States Is No Laughing Matter | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

...where the words valley, shadow and death occur in the same verse. The machine will obligingly display Psalm 23: 4. Can't recall the exact words? A built-in thesaurus lets the user search through synonyms. The machine also provides - pronunciations for proper names (Enoch is EE-nuck). A handicap for some will be difficulty in reading the enhanced liquid-crystal display, whose resolution is still inferior to that of larger, more expensive personal computers that can process Bible-reference software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Many of these students may be afraid to tell family and friends about their handicap; these pitiable souls suffer in silence. Others do not yet know that their painful stomach cramps would disappear if they just cut back on ice cream. Still others may just be denying the problem...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Liberty, Equality, Ice Cream | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

Dropped were Helms' original limitations on artthat denigrated a race, religion, creed, sex,handicap or ethnicity

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artists Blast Funding Guidelines | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

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