Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...child is born deaf, the sooner his handicap can be measured and treated, the better. The trouble is that methods of measuring deafness which work well enough with adults are of little use with the very young. At the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, doctors are using a method which gets around this difficulty by combining a midget electric shock and Pavlov's psychology of conditioning...
...serious presidential possibilities, Averell Harriman and Adlai Stevenson, have been divorced. Pollster George Gallup tried to find out how much of a handicap divorce would be to a candidate. His results: more than 81% of his sample said they would vote for a qualified candidate even if he were divorced, 14% would...
Once nominated, Harriman would doubtless draw all the New Deal-Fair Deal support and the endorsement of organized labor. Like Stevenson, Harriman has the handicap of a past divorce (his second wife is the ex-wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt ["Sonny"] Whitney). Against Taft, his strong foreign-policy record might bring in some of the independent vote, but would pale as an asset if Eisenhower is the G.O.P. candidate...
...death struggle with the microbes of Communist blight, the free world has been suffering from a severe handicap. Democratic nations strained themselves to the breaking point to produce arms for defense. The American Congress appropriated millions for foreign aid. Powerful radio transmitters reached behind the iron curtain and told the truth about our many freedoms and our high standard of living. But still people kept going Communist and, until last Monday, Communism was the world's strongest ideology...
...American class which gets a five minute handicap includes bikes with coaster brakes and without gear shifts. Starting two and a half minutes before the Racers the touring class covers cycles with gears and handbrakes, but with no toe clips dropped bars external gears or super thin tires any of which will put a bike into the racing class...