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Married, with three grown children, the Liberal-Democrat leader is considered to be one of the most cosmopolitan and widely traveled members of his party. He plays golf (handicap 22) and dabbles in oil painting. His taste for things Western includes a penchant for breakfasts of boiled eggs and tea with milk at his comfortable home on the outskirts of Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: A Vote for Strong Leadership | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...legislation which most radically affected the experience of people with disabilities--including those at Harvard-- was the 1977 set of amendments to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Rehabilitation Act itself states "no otherwise qualified handicapped individual... shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." The regulations give this statement concrete meaning in establishing standards for access and for eliminating discrimination in general. One section specifically addresses post secondary education...

Author: By Rani Kronick, | Title: Barriers to Equal Access | 11/24/1982 | See Source »

...Belmont Stakes passed him by. The experts gave the horse only even odds to survive the operation, but by August he had put in a victorious appearance at Saratoga. This served notice that the son of Staff Writer had regained his earlier form, and going into the Jerome Handicap in early September he looked like the Boston horse...

Author: By Constance M. Laibe, | Title: An End With No Finish | 10/15/1982 | See Source »

...energetic, talkative San Diego native, St John insists her artificial leg is not a handicap for her Remembering her first day on skis, she says. "I was apprehensive only because I was just learning The people I was with were great skiers and I didn't want to let a beginner hold them back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artificial Leg Doesn't Keep Freshman Off the Ski Slopes | 10/7/1982 | See Source »

...Sarah (Lady Audley) enjoyed a modest success on the stage and screen, later wrote books of verse and a memoir. Married three times, and often in the papers after drinking bouts and other extravagant behavior, she once retorted when asked whether she considered her father's name a handicap: "Father never made me feel I had to live it down. The question should be: Am I a handicap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 4, 1982 | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

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