Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to the regular low gross and low net prizes, the low gross winner will have his name inscribed on the permanent Gerald Henderson tophy. Since the judges will determine low net scores on the basis of the Callaway handicapping system, no established handicap record will be necessary for participation...
Squabbles in the Web. The U.S.'s efforts to narrow the space gap since Sputnik I have slogged along under a heavy handicap of organizational confusion. Central in the confusion is an arbitrary, irrelevant division of space programs into "civilian" (Glennan's NASA) and "military" (Johnson's ARPA). Coordination between the two domains is supposedly achieved by the Civilian-Military Liaison Committee, the real purpose of which seems to be to provide a roost for amiable, ineffectual William M. Holaday, who was head of the abolished guided missiles office. But that basic split-up is only...
...decided not to apply for a loan under title II, even though our failure to apply would mean a financial handicap to a certain number of students. We believe that the handicap to the whole student group, through invading our justified trust of them would be a great less. Katherine E. McBride, President...
...handicap standings, freshman Bruce Johnston took second behind Hamlin with the aid of a seven-minute start. Johnston was making his first attempt at cross-country running, and his showing was the best ever for a newcomer to the sport...
Coaches Bill McCurdy and Ed Stowell entered the handicap and hauled themselves over the long grind valiantly if not too rapidly. McCurdy finished 25th on a straight time basis; Stowell was farther back in the field...