Word: handicaps
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...only true handicap race in the day's schedule is the first race for veteran oarsmen. In that event an oarsman will receive a six-second handicap for every year of age over...
...permanent legacies of the war will be the increase in the expectations of the Vietnamese people. That is the other side of the Honda phenomenon. The Honda is a handicap from the cost and saving side. But it may also be a strong force motivating the economy to exert itself. Economic development depends on rising expectations and on the ability and the willingness of the country to expend effort. Despite the fact that government policies have militated against national saving, the attitude of the individual, as one observes him in the country and the cities, is directed to industry rather...
Western journalists on assignment to Eastern Europe often operate under a double handicap. Because they are inquisitive by trade, they are usually assumed to be agents working for the CIA. Or, equally bothersome, they are harassed by KGB agents who try to pump them for information. Two years ago, TIME Washington Correspondent William Mader came across an unusually inept operative while he was in Prague. As Mader recounts...
Still, some changes in the laws may be forthcoming. Some pro-abortion physicians want to limit to 20 weeks the period during which an abortion may be performed. The restriction would, however, impose a serious handicap on doctors trying to determine whether to perform an abortion on genetic grounds. Many tests for fetal abnormalities cannot be made before the 16th or 18th week of pregnancy, and some take as long as 30 days to perform and evaluate. There is also sentiment for limiting abortions to regular hospitals. Dr. Hall, a leader in New York's abortion-reform movement, feels...
When Lee returned home in 1961, he was ready for a little action. He found it at Dallas' Tenison municipal golf course, where there were plenty of wallets waiting to be tapped. His challenge was hard to resist: he would play with only one club, give an opponent his handicap, and winner take all. Trevino claims that he and his trusty No. 3 iron never lost. When things were slow, he would take on all comers on an obstacle course that began on the first tee and then angled across a railroad crossing, down a gravel road and through...