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...brooding figure of the Great Emancipator in Washington's Lincoln Memorial has become a symbol for a new kind of freedom for those who are confined to wheelchairs. After a long, hard-fought campaign by a number of groups dedicated to easing the lot of the handicapped, ramps have been built that allow the wheelchair-bound to roll themselves into the base of the memorial, where they can enter the wide doorway of a newly installed elevator, ride up to the rotunda and get a closeup view of Lincoln's statue. That enables the handicapped to surmount what...
...semi-final action, the Phoenix Suns held the defending champion Golden State Warriors to 40 points in the second half, and scored a stunning 94-86 victory in the seventh game of that hard-fought series...
...Radcliffe tennis team yesterday took a breather between Saturday's hard-fought victory over Brown and this weekend's Ivy Tournament, shellacking a low-key Brandeis team, 4-1, at water-resistant Palmer Dixon courts...
Earlier, steady Sally Roberts and Rita Funaro created a little stir themselves at second doubles, pulling out a hard-fought three-set victory in darkening conditions. Having lost the first set, 3-6, the veteran duo regrouped to snatch the next two sets...
...Harvard varsity netmen took an important step towards the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association championship yesterday, eking out a hard-fought 5-4 decision over Yale in New Haven...