Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Padded Hands. In the final game against the Knicks Chamberlain's performance was among the most memorable in play-off history. A doubtful starter because of a wrist fractured in the previous game, he appeared on court wearing football linemen's pads on both hands. Despite that handicap, Wilt never looked better. With uncanny timing he blocked shots (ten) and grabbed rebounds (29); he muscled in to the hoop to sink points (24), and his picks and passes set up score after score by teammates...
Women are also being assigned to other police duties traditionally reserved for men. In at least seven cities, lady cops are driving squad cars, responding to radio calls and investigating crimes. Their experience to date indicates that their sex does not handicap them on the job. Indeed, for the service calls that account for 80% to 90% of police activity, it may be an asset...
...chose to concentrate on New Hampshire, where he scored well, and on Wisconsin, which has a more liberal hue; he wisely played Florida low key. He spent only $90,000 there, visited the state only briefly, and thus was not severely hurt by his low total. McGovern has the handicap of a lackluster speaking style, but his organizational talents showed up well in New Hampshire, and he has been working hard against Muskie for delegates in Illinois. His willingness to face all issues squarely is winning him admirers, but it is also alienating some. He could be a tough...
...canard about feminine instability would be the greatest handicap. Surgeon Edgar Berman earned a low place in the bestiary of Women's Liberation two years ago when he suggested that because of their hormonal chemistry women might be too emotional for positions of power. Yet despite that reputation-or because of it-women in politics have proved just as stable and sometimes as steely as any man. After all, Edmund Muskie wept publicly during the New Hampshire primary campaign last month. It was Richard Nixon, not his wife Pat, who broke down after he was defeated in the California...
Furthermore, according to a memorandum for interviewers posted as an "official notice" in Adams House, 10-15 per cent of the applicants will be chosen on the basis of "compelling reasons" either for the student to be living in the House (e.g., physical handicap or strong attachment to relatives living in the House) or for the House to want the student (i.e., "clear evidence of organizational ability or interest in any new or traditional House activity...