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Word: handicapped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Competitor-Parasite- For 20 years the legitimate theatre, that department of the entertainment industry which is professionally known as the "meat show," has been subject to a terrific handicap from the shadow show of cinema, first as a competitor, now as an all-consuming parasite. A cynical analysis of this situation was voiced early by sandy-haired, hot-headed Burgess Meredith, youngest featured actor on Broadway, who saluted the Broadway managers thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Meat Show Meeting | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...that the check was a routine interest payment on $9,998 of Soviet bonds which Dr. Freeman had purchased for his mother's estate; that Dr. Freeman had been Boston-born Abram Ellis Friedman until he changed his name in 1923 "because I thought it stood as a handicap".; that Dr. Freeman believed "to talk about God, you must first create an image, and then talk about the image you have created"; that Dr. Freeman in his book Social Psychology, had reported that "St. Paul's source of influence may be attributed to epileptic fits, and Joan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Privacy | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...Australia, Heiner Henkel of Germany was winning the French hard-court singles championship at Paris. In the final he beat Bunny Austin, England's Davis Cup No. i, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. Heretofore 22-year-old Henkel has been regarded as nothing much more than a handicap for Germany's No. 1 singles player, Baron Gottfried von Cramm. His performance last week suggested that, just as Australia turned out much weaker than expected, Germany may turn out much stronger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Jun. 7, 1937 | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

...question was 27 per cent and a hard marker gave it 21 per cent, he would have a handicap of 6 percent north, which would be added to the mark he gave. Similarly, if any easy marker gave it 32 per cent, he would have a handicap of 5 per cent south, which would be subtracted from the mark he gave. This would remove the last obstacle to a perfect system of grading--varying degrees of strictness in marking

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off Key | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

...innocence, hope and cynicism of such a character as Gordon Miller (Sam Levene), who once produced a great show on a sidewalk between two No Parking signs and is now trying like a man possessed to produce another from a double room in the White Way Hotel. His initial handicap lies in the fact that he has already run up a bill for $1,200 and is about to be evicted. Lacking costumes and scenery, his cast starving, his author (Eddie Albert) about to be lured by another producer, his backer a jittery character from Wall Street who has just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: May 31, 1937 | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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