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Word: handicaps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...where the words valley, shadow and death occur in the same verse. The machine will obligingly display Psalm 23: 4. Can't recall the exact words? A built-in thesaurus lets the user search through synonyms. The machine also provides - pronunciations for proper names (Enoch is EE-nuck). A handicap for some will be difficulty in reading the enhanced liquid-crystal display, whose resolution is still inferior to that of larger, more expensive personal computers that can process Bible-reference software...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: High-Tech Bible | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Many of these students may be afraid to tell family and friends about their handicap; these pitiable souls suffer in silence. Others do not yet know that their painful stomach cramps would disappear if they just cut back on ice cream. Still others may just be denying the problem...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Liberty, Equality, Ice Cream | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

Dropped were Helms' original limitations on artthat denigrated a race, religion, creed, sex,handicap or ethnicity

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artists Blast Funding Guidelines | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

...professor. Born in San Antonio, Silber grew up in the hardscrabble Depression years. His mother helped support the family as a schoolteacher while his father, a German architect, tried to make ends meet. Silber started life with a deformed right arm, and his efforts to overcome that handicap probably contributed to his combativeness. After graduate forays into law and religion -- he once studied for the ministry -- Silber received a doctorate in philosophy from Yale and went on to teach at the University of Texas in Austin. He later served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences there before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Ivory Tower Triggerman | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

Like generations before them, today's golfers have discovered that the game can be good for their careers. "A lot of my business associates play," explains Kevin Bryant, 26, an insurance salesman in Greenville, S.C., who took up the sport a year and a half ago. And the handicap system evens out age and ability differences between players. Says Bryant: "It's the only sport where a 45-year-old can compete equally with a 25-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Seventh Day He Played | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

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