Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Above all, the treaty represents a chance to break the sterile and self-defeating situation that resulted from the postwar division of Germany. Brandt reckoned that it was wiser to hold in abeyance the policy of seeking immediate reunification than to allow the issue to continue to handicap Bonn's relations with its Communist neighbors. Said Brandt: "We are losing nothing with this treaty that was not gambled away long...
...quit when I'm going downhill but when I'm at the top," he says. Until he does, what are his rivals to do? One French sportswriter had a suggestion: he would like to see Eddy carry a 30-Ib. pack on his back as a permanent handicap...
...Rockingham Park handicap the field by deciding which of the first four horses will grab the early lead and the rail. That will be the winner. The outside horses have little chance. When the track is drying out reverse your thinking. The rainwater has now seeped to the inside. The outside horses run on firm ground and the rail horses on soft...
...ways, Snowdon has to cool his competitive instincts as a journalist lest he be accused of taking advantage of his royal access. Except in his role as court photographer, he says, "I only do pictures that anyone could have done." His celebrity status actually represents even more of a handicap when he is shooting film. "When you're doing stills," he says, "you're a chameleon, unseen and alone." TV filming is a more conspicuous, crowd-attracting business, particularly since union rules require a minimum crew of five. Though a cameraman was on the payroll...
Dyslexia Praecox. Susan started out with what should have been an insuperable handicap for an actress. She had dyslexia, a congenital brain condition that hampers her ability to read aloud. She still aches at memories of trying to get through London's Hampshire School (founded by her mother). "I remember standing up in class trying to read Shakespeare, and I could hear all the other children sniggering and laughing, because I'd be literally making it up. I remember thinking: when I grow up, people are not going to laugh at me. So I thought, who do they...