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Word: handicapped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...world addicted to pretentious sham, Billy Carter enjoys and insists on just being himself, in spite of the massive handicap of a genetic coincidence. Obviously being born once was enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 7, 1977 | 11/7/1977 | See Source »

...consciousness of members by citing famous stutterers, among them Moses, Demosthenes, Darwin and Maugham. Members also learn about well-known "closet cases" who go through elaborate rituals and word substitutions in public to conceal their affliction. To the N.S.P., trying to cover up a stammer is bad; the handicap must be announced frankly and faced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Let's Hear It for Stutterers' Lib! | 10/31/1977 | See Source »

Crosby became not only an avid but also a proficient golfer, as he whittled his handicap down to two. In 1940 he was a sectional qualifier for the U.S. Open and in 1950 he qualified to play in the British Amateur at St. Andrews. Playing before a huge gallery Crosby, whose home course then was the Bel-Air Country Club, began his first match in the Amateur by scoring threes on the first pair of holes...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: From `King of Jazz' to King of Golf | 10/21/1977 | See Source »

...sees his bishops only in groups; many would prefer individual meetings on some topics and consider this a serious handicap. Decision-making processes within the Vatican show signs of Paul's flagging energy. Says one secretariat official: "Papers that we urgently require are delayed. Often we have to phone the Pope's secretary for instructions right on the eve of an important meeting-instructions we have requested weeks before." It is nine years since Paul has issued an encyclical (the last was his controversial birth control decree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Twilight Papacy | 10/10/1977 | See Source »

...market in 1973 and into diamonds. Says Keith Harmer, vice president of H.R. Harmer Inc., an international stamp auction house: "Starting about five years ago, people began spending big money on stamps $20,000 to $25,000. They'd sell their stocks, but keep their bonds." One handicap to both investments: retailers can place such a high markup on both diamonds and stamps that the buyer has to wait years before the retail price rises enough to overcome the markup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Roller-Coaster to Nowhere | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

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