Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months of 1971 Gremlin's sales doubled, and the medium-sized Matador is a strong seller. To improve its sales, American must strengthen its dealerships. So far this year 262 dealers have dropped out, reducing American's network to 2,031 showrooms. American's biggest handicap is styling problems. Consumer Reports noted that, among the new subcompact cars, the Gremlin "has the tightest rear seat, rear wheel traction is poor, and [the car] is relatively clumsy to handle...
...performed by one of those middle-European troupes Ed Sullivan used for cultural filler. Most sorely missed is the magisterial Zero Mostel in the role of Tevye, which he created on the stage. He has been replaced for unfathomable reasons by the Israeli star Topol, who labors under the handicap of having to project great amounts of charm and personality when he has none to spare. The credits for Fiddler list Norman Jewison as producer and director. On the basis of this and past efforts (The Thomas Crown Affair, Gaily Gaily), he might better be called an anaesthetist...
...waiver of the foreign language requirement, instituted eight years ago, excuses student with pertinent physiological disabilities from language courses. The waiver is aimed at aiding those with a specific reading disability called strephosymbolia, and also those with an auditory discrimination handicap...
...auditory discrimination handicap is an inability to distinguish adequately between sounds. Harvard's reliance upon the audio-lingual method of teaching a language makes a student with this handicap unable to participate or to learn properly in these courses...
...Raskin, he will also enter the New Hampshire primary. Raskin wanted to concede the snowy state to Muskie and concentrate on Florida, where Jackson adherents are already engaged in precinct organization. But Jackson feels that New Hampshire is small enough so that he can overcome his low-recognition handicap. He also reasons that his political philosophy-a singular mix of the liberal and the conservative -will have considerable appeal for the New Hampshire party. Wishful theorizing or realistic gambling, it is clear that Jackson has no other option but to come out slugging before it is too late. Political seers...