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...with the Big Three national carriers, there are many medium-size regional concerns, like Republic Telecom of Minnesota, which has about 35,000 customers and enjoyed 1985 revenues of $100 million. But a considerable number of the retailers are much smaller operations. What most of them shared was a handicap: to make a long-distance call on their services, customers have had to dial as many as 24 digits on their phones. AT& T alone retained command of the 1-plus-area-code system...
Many Middle Eastern studies centers reflect the factionalization and suspicion endemic to the region they study. As battle lines have been drawn around the director of Harvard's center, however, observers say rivalries there have heated up, possibly becoming entrenched enough to handicap the Center in the future...
Harvard began stepping up its programs for the handicapped in 1977 after the Congress passed tighter regulations forcing greater access for the handicapped to facilities financed in part by federal funds. The legislation stated that no individual, "solely by reason of his handicap, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of" any activity receiving federal funds...
Bouncing back to the winner's circle at a wonderful canter, Shoemaker misted like an old golfer (Shoe is a 12 handicap). "Old Jack Nicklaus did it," he said, "and I did it too. I thought that I might have one more chance to win the Derby. When Charlie showed me this big juicy colt last year, he told me, 'Here's one I'm going to save for you. We might have some fun with him.' " The British beer guzzler Bold Arrangement took a lovely second and hurried away with a foaming head to the 205-year-old "real...
...very excited to see that [Cambridge has] revoked the policy," said Kathleen M. Allen, one of three MCAD commissioners. "There is nothing about AIDS and the AIDS virus that indicates that it should be treated any different then any other handicap...