Word: handicaps
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...military experts estimate Saddam could also dump up to 3 million bbl. a day into the Persian Gulf, shutting down up to 15 desalinization plants around the littoral and despoiling the shores and wildlife for decades. Cleaning up after Saddam could cost close to $50 billion and severely handicap Iraq's postwar economic recovery--not to mention America...
This is not an easy year to handicap the Oscar nominations, due to be announced Feb. 11. Nearly every category offers eight or ten plausible nominees, a marked rise from the typical six or seven. True, shoo-ins exist in every category, and, yes, Chicago and The Hours both stand to rake in numerous nods; nevertheless, this year’s nominations race is as wide-open as I’ve ever seen...
...social issues such as the death penalty and gay rights. But she is deeply torn about abortion. Yes, she supports a woman's right to choose, but only in tightly prescribed instances, such as if a woman is raped or if a child might be born with a handicap. "Everyone wants this to be a black-and-white thing," she says...
...presidency in Kenya's first real multiparty elections in 1992. Given to colorful shirts much like Nelson Mandela's, Kibaki stood out among the staid besuited politicians around him on the campaign trail. A golf fanatic, he laments that a year of campaigning has led his handicap to fall from 24 to 28. If he can curb corruption and improve their lives, Kenyans won't mind if his game gets even worse...
About a week ago, in preparation for this column, I went to the bathroom with a notebook in hand. That day I discovered that the graffiti I’d read countless times on the handicap stall door was gone. It was clearly a selective cleaning job, as two stickers—one large and covered in graffiti that appears to be names—remain on the stall’s towel dispenser...