Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idyllic behind the gleaming white walls of Soestdijk Palace. Prince Bernhard's German birth was a handicap to him among some of his wife's subjects, even though he worked long and hard in England to weld the Dutch resistance forces into an effective unit during World War II. He liked the gay life and fast cars; his Queen was motherly, deeply religious and serious. In 1947 the couple faced a domestic tragedy in the birth of their fourth daughter, Princess Maria Christina (nicknamed Ma-rijke). As a result of German measles suffered by her mother during pregnancy...
Professional Handicap. In New York City, the Daily News carried a classified ad: "Funeral Parlor, established 45 years, fully equipped, selling due to death...
...Panama's invitation Ike's press secretary, James Hagerty, went to the isthmus last week to confer with President Ricardo Arias and help set up press and cable arrangements. On White House instructions he also discreetly learned "Dickie" Arias' golf handicap (an impressive two) without revealing Ike's. For his part, President Arias solved the ticklish problem of the presidential suite. He reportedly decided that he himself will occupy it as his conference headquarters...
...Paced smartly by veteran Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Leslie Combs's Nashua romped to an easy two-length victory in the Camden (N.J.) Handicap, won $22,750 and boosted his earnings to a world's record $1,100,365, just $14,605 more than Citation put away before he retired...
...worry about. But Weeks-along with Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, Presidential Economic Adviser Arthur Burns and others high in the Administration-was worried about the Federal Reserve Board's boost in the discount rate (TIME, April 23). Said Weeks: "The tight money situation might prove to be a handicap in business expansion and sales...