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...waiver of the foreign language requirement, instituted eight years ago, excuses student with pertinent physiological disabilities from language courses. The waiver is aimed at aiding those with a specific reading disability called strephosymbolia, and also those with an auditory discrimination handicap...
...Raskin, he will also enter the New Hampshire primary. Raskin wanted to concede the snowy state to Muskie and concentrate on Florida, where Jackson adherents are already engaged in precinct organization. But Jackson feels that New Hampshire is small enough so that he can overcome his low-recognition handicap. He also reasons that his political philosophy-a singular mix of the liberal and the conservative -will have considerable appeal for the New Hampshire party. Wishful theorizing or realistic gambling, it is clear that Jackson has no other option but to come out slugging before it is too late. Political seers...
...only true handicap race in the day's schedule is the first race for veteran oarsmen. In that event an oarsman will receive a six-second handicap for every year of age over...
...permanent legacies of the war will be the increase in the expectations of the Vietnamese people. That is the other side of the Honda phenomenon. The Honda is a handicap from the cost and saving side. But it may also be a strong force motivating the economy to exert itself. Economic development depends on rising expectations and on the ability and the willingness of the country to expend effort. Despite the fact that government policies have militated against national saving, the attitude of the individual, as one observes him in the country and the cities, is directed to industry rather...
Western journalists on assignment to Eastern Europe often operate under a double handicap. Because they are inquisitive by trade, they are usually assumed to be agents working for the CIA. Or, equally bothersome, they are harassed by KGB agents who try to pump them for information. Two years ago, TIME Washington Correspondent William Mader came across an unusually inept operative while he was in Prague. As Mader recounts...