Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...should be considered, "including busing." The mere mention of the word caused outrage in Charlotte, and by the time the judge actually ordered the start of busing last year, he was all but a pariah to many in the community. Though he is an avid golfer (9 or 10 handicap), rumor had it that he was unable to pick up a foursome. McMillan denies that. But pickets on his lawn did demand his impeachment; there were telephoned death threats and ultimately police guards...
Roann Costin and Connie Cervilla qualified in two individual events as well as swimming on the freestyle relay. Costin finished third in the 200 yard freestyle and fourth in the 100 yard freestyle. Cervilla overcame the handicap of an outside lane to take a third in the 50 yard butterfly and a sixth in the 100 yard butterfly...
...Mediterranean. Officers of Prudential-Grace Lines note that the Lash Italia 's round trip is taking only 34 days, compared with the normal 54 for a conventional carrier. By saving that much time-and, consequently, a good deal of money -U.S. shipowners expect to overcome their cost handicap...
...also salute North Carolina's great gubernatorial power, who, despite his veto handicap (North Carolina Governors do not have the power of veto), proclaims such earthshaking events as "North Carolina Possum Pickin' Day," "National Hollerin' Day" and "Frog Jumping...
...little man followed his fake to scoot in for a layup. In the home opener against the Phoenix Suns, Murphy encountered 7-ft. Mel Counts in a one-on-one situation, and scored by vaulting up and shooting over the giant center. "Calvin has a little bit of a handicap on his jumping," says Rocket Coach Alex Hannum. "It takes him so long to come down...