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Penny Ann Holla way, 8, has the mental capacity of a three-month-old. She suffered brain damage when her oxygen supply was cut off during birth at Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego County. Two months ago, a jury awarded the girl $1.5 million to cover expenses and compensate her for pain and suffering. But Superior Court Judge Raul Rosado reasoned that Penny "has no ability to experience humiliation or anxiety. Money has no meaning for her." Pointing to testimony that Penny might survive only ten more years, and estimating that for $1,600 a month she could live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Briefs | 8/25/1980 | See Source »

...with 50? and an unnegotiable name: Yehuda-Leib Siew. This he changed to William Laurence-the surname chosen for the street he lived on in Boston. He taught himself a kind of English by comparing Russian and English versions of Shakespearean plays and practiced on unamused trolley conductors: "Holla, sirrah, wouldst prithee halt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporters: Science of Reporting | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

...Holla, ye pampered jades of Asia! What, can ye draw but twenty miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Plays in Manhattan, Jan. 30, 1956 | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

...final was brief, 6-1, 6-3. As sinewy as Molla and much more cunning, Poker Face dealt out aces, forced shot after shot off Holla's tight-clenched racquet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Poker Face | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

Middle States. Hard by Germantown, at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Eleanor Goss of New York realized an ambition several years old. She finally overpowered Holla Mallory, deposed national women's champion, and wrested away the women's Middle States singles crown. Mrs. Mallory was not unsteady; Miss Goss achieved a crescendo in velocity and daring. Score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Sep. 24, 1923 | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

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