Word: legging
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This time disabled Americans are incensed by the fact that the three F.D.R. sculptures have no sign of a wheelchair, leg braces, cane or crutches, all part of F.D.R.'s support system. There is, however, a sentence on one of the slabs pointing out that he could not walk unaided after his 1921 polio attack. "Not sufficient," says Michael Deland, a board member of the National Organization on Disability, who is confined to a wheelchair. "F.D.R.'s disability was simply too central to his very being." Hugh Gallagher, author of F.D.R.'s Splendid Deception, a book detailing how Roosevelt veiled...
...Goetze's previous two finishes weren't enough, she also ran the final leg of the 4x800 relay, leading the Crimson to an impressive victory at 9:10.96. Goetze started her 800 even with her closest competitors, but she pulled out in front and led Harvard to the big victory...
Shearer won the 1000 meter run with 2:28.75 time, and also took third place in the more grueling 3000 meter contest with a clocking of 8:21.39. He then trucked on to run a strong leg in Harvard's fourth place finish in the 4x800 meter relay...
Debbie Allen, the Quayle family physician, told Time last Friday that Quayle is in excellent health. Yet she conceded that because he has had blood clots in the past, ``that would predispose him to getting blood clots in his leg again.'' Meanwhile, his medical problems further complicated his fund- raising problems. Says Quayle political adviser Mark Goodin: ``The hospitalizations put him behind the curve at a crucial moment when the other candidates were getting their organizations together and raising money...
...runs 0.34 sec. behind Norway's Harald Strand Nilsen. Early in the second run, he lagged slightly behind his pal Jure Kosir of Slovenia. Then, under the eyes of 5.5 million Italian TV watchers, La Bomba proved as good as his name. He blasted into the steep final leg and cut his arcs sharply in his gate-crashing style. He ended with a composite time of 2:21.96, 0.07 sec. faster than Kosir...