Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worry), it would have only one really strong leg. Miss Kimball sports a magnificent red wing and a voice to match; her eyes and other accoutrements rove interestingly. She, like Constancy and Dr. Daly, is fun to watch and hear. Alexis, unfortunately, cannot sing, but he overcomes this handicap in the wisest way: by singing loudly and acting well...
...have been Lowell who decided over the strenuous objections of the defense that the hearings were not to be held in public. Defense counsel was allowed to be present at the examination of most witnesses, but not at those of Judge Thayer and the jury. This was a great handicap to the defense; so much of the case depended on the question of Judge Thayer's prejudice, and so much of the committee's report was based on the jurors' simple statement that they were not prejudiced by the judge's attitude, that defense counsel, not knowing what the judge...
...Malays, while Malays get special concessions in the granting of scholarships and licenses for new businesses. Rigid citizenship requirements have been set up for the Chinese (Malays are automatically citizens), and the Borneo territories plan immigration restrictions to keep Chinese businessmen out. "Special privileges are like a golf handicap." rationalizes Malaya's Chinese Finance Minister Tan Siew Sin. "They are not to hold the Chinese down, but to help the Malays along...
...problems of federation are the province of a man who. on the face of it. is so uncomplicated himself. "I am a lazy man." admits Abdul Rahman cheerfully, and six years as Malaya's Prime Minister have not altered his funloving ways. The Tunku plays golf every morning (handicap: 24), checks the racing calendar before making advance political engagements, always takes a nap in the afternoon. An avid soccer fan and sports-car buff, he is chronically late for appointments, explains: "Being punctual always wears...
...Kelso: the $109,750 John B. Campbell Handicap, at Maryland's Bowie Race Course, thus becoming the third-biggest money winner in U.S. racing history (behind Round Table and Nashua). Carrying 131 lbs., Mrs. Richard C. du Font's great gelding rushed from behind to nip Crimson Satan by three-quarters of a length. The victory, Kelso's second in a $100,000-added race within a week, was worth $71,337-pushing his total winnings...