Word: handicaps
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Turned down professional offers for two years to stay in training for the Olympics. Overcame the handicap of poverty represents the unconquerable spirit of the first generation of Americans of which...
...seems incredible that Governor Roosevelt's physical handicap, above which he has risen with such courage, should be used by anyone as a basis for ridicule, and I believe TIME enjoys the distinction of being the only publication in the country to display such unspeakably bad taste...
...likened to the late Ivar Kreuger, called "one of the world's greatest crooks, a colossal liar, and a swindler." President Macaulay sued for libel (TIME, Oct. 24). Publisher Harpell's usual lawyers would not handle the case for him. At first he harped bitterly on this handicap as he pleaded his own defense. Then a lawyer named Calizte Cormier pleaded that Publisher Harpell had done great services to insurance companies, that Sun Life had increased its bond holdings since he began his attacks. Last week at Montreal a jury took 100 min. to reach a decision: guilty...
...being deprived of the privileges of the House Libraries dropped Freshmen are placed under a serious and unnecessary handicap. Except for Widener, they have access only to the Freshmen libraries, which naturally are stocked with books for Freshmen courses alone. Since the dropped Freshman seldom takes more than one or two Freshman courses, he is forced to get most of his work done in the afternoon at Widener. This is unfortunate for men whose scholastic condition is precarious and who should be given every opportunity possible to regain their standing...
...rates as high as the Blue on previous records, and with the advantage of the home field and a clear day a three point victory, which would give Harvard a clear title to supremacy over Yale, is not improbable for the Crimson booters. Stork, whose absence was a serious handicap last Saturday, will undoubtedly see action tomorrow, though he will not start the game...