Word: handicaps
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That infidelity-and-impeachment hiccup might seem to be a handicap--but only to someone who has never watched daytime TV. From Oprah to Rosie, America likes its talk-show hosts flawed and challenged. Personal woes? You got 'em. Troubled childhood? Check. Weight problem? You'll have fries with that! And the daytime-talk audience, heavily female and black, is the closest thing to your natural power base outside Chappaqua. You were already, in Toni Morrison's words, "America's first black President." Isn't America ready for its first black female ex-President...
...That infidelity-and-impeachment hiccup might seem to be a handicap - but only to someone who has never watched daytime TV. From Oprah to Rosie, America likes its talk-show hosts flawed and challenged. Personal woes? You got 'em. Troubled childhood? Check. Weight problem? You'll have fries with that! And the daytime-talk audience, heavily female and black, is the closest thing to your natural power base outside Chappaqua. You were already, in Toni Morrison's words, "America's first black President." Isn't America ready for its first black female ex-President...
...less satisfying and more ambiguous note...Sequels of giant hits, like children who follow Daddy's favorite, always have an unfair burden. They are not examined on their own merits but in relationship to the picture everyone loved. In many ways Lucas and Kershner have overcome that handicap. The Empire Strikes Back is a more polished and, in some ways, a richer film. But to imitate Yoda's way of speaking, and to answer the obvious question, as much fun it is not. --TIME...
According to Wu, Harvard will compete with a significant handicap relative to UMBC...
...laugh at yourself. Think of other people. I get so many letters, phone calls--"Kirk, will you talk to my mother? She's just had a stroke." I am amazed at how many people have strokes. I admire people like Michael J. Fox and Christopher Reeve, who use their handicap to try to help others. You also have to do your exercises every day. I still do my "oral aerobics...