Word: wheelchair
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Harvard could not have done much more than they did, said Ellison, commenting on the Universitys willingness to accommodate her and her mother. Of course there were limitations that [the administration] could not get around. The Houses by the river are almost impossible to make accessible by wheelchair...
Lewis, who is in police custody for an unrelated incident, was wheeled into court in a wheelchair wearing an orange prison jumpsuit. Quinlan is expected to rule on Monday whether to admit Lewis’ testimony in the form of a sealed affidavit he gave to the defense attorneys...
...asked the question to pre-teens, illegal immigrants, wheelchair-bound retired people and everyone in between in my twin searches for donations to the Democrats and people not registered to vote. I worked for a series of organizations dedicated to putting Democrats in power, starting with two soft-money organizations (the much-reviled 527s), of the kind George Soros’ billions and Bruce Springsteen’s concerts pay for, and ending with the Minnesota wing of the Kerry campaign...
Gilmore’s predecessor Dan Allen spent most of the 2003 season on the sidelines confined to a wheelchair. Stricken with multiple chemical sensitivity after exposure to toxins at a construction site more than a year before, by the beginning of the season Allen was unable to walk unaided and eventually lost all mobility below the neck. Despite his debilitating condition, Allen remained at the position he had held since 1996, fighting simultaneously for his own health and his struggling Holy Cross team...
...tracksuits?and a jumble of crutches and prosthetic legs. The final countdown to the Paralympics, opening in Athens this week, has begun, and Iran's sitting-volleyball team is readying for what it hopes will be its fifth consecutive gold. Team manager Ali Kashfia, watching from a battered turquoise wheelchair, nods appreciatively as he watches a particularly elegant set-and-spike maneuver, a smile splitting his scarred and twisted face. The 40-year-old veteran of the past four Paralympics lost his legs, one eye and the hearing in one ear when he stepped on a land mine...