Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Foster, who went undefeated last year as a freshman and so far this season has registered a pin and a decision. Although junior Ted Raymond combines the speed of a lighter man with the strength of a heavyweight, he must spot his opponent as much as 25 pounds, a handicap which may prove insurmountable against Cornell. In sophomore Al Culbert, presently ineligible because of scholastic difficulties, Pickett has an outstanding heavyweight...
...brilliant lad," recalled Admiral Brown, "and, in spite of, or, if you will, perhaps because of his handicap, deeply appealing." Queen Frederika grew fond of the boy while the Peurifoys were stationed in Greece, and often asked him for long visits to the royal palace in Athens. During these visits young Clinton Peurifoy played freely with Queen Frederika's two children. One day Prince Constantine said to his little American friend: "My sister and I have been talking about you, and we have decided that you must be the favorite pupil of Jesus...
...Handicap. In Cincinnati. Mrs. Mabel Russell told the judge she paid Russell E. Thomas $25, plus $425 expenses, for half interest in a horse he described as so fast it "could win on only three legs,'' won a $750 default judgment against Thomas on her testimony that in its first race the horse fell down and ran last, would have run last in its second if another horse had not fallen...
...screen size problem was adequately summed up by an assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State. "The restricted field of vision for presentations on the blackboard would be a handicap for one, like myself," he said, "who desires to give material on board A, go on similarly to board B, and then refer back to board A while considering board...
...degenerative joint disease). No known cause except advancing years, but there are probably other causes, especially in premature severe cases; 97% of persons over 60 have it, though most in such mild form that they have few symptoms. Occurs when bearing surfaces in joints lose their smooth mobility. Resulting handicap may be negligible or severe; it is rarely disabling. Aspirin helps to ease pain, as does heat (hot baths or heating pads); injection of hydrocortisone into a particular joint may give relief for months. A well-balanced, vitamin-rich diet is good for an oldster's general wellbeing...