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...yeah--on the field, there was a steady parade of the famous and not-too-famous: there were the six remaining original 1925 Giants--one of whom is, somewhat disconcertingly, currently confined to a wheelchair. Then there were the '56 Giants--Katcavage, Gifford, Rote, Grier, Connerly--still on their feet and looking like they could still put on the ol' uniforms in a pinch...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: GIANTS STADIUM | 10/12/1976 | See Source »

...sobbed," and were intimate even after his gunshot wounds made conventional sexual relations impossible. She tells how she once shooed the security men out of George's hospital room as he recuperated; she locked the door "and returned to the arms of my waiting husband." Afterward, "his wheelchair had a new wiggle in its roll-and I had a new bounce in my walk." She fondly recalls the day when George "told me how very much he loved me and that he couldn't have made it without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALABAMA: The Wallace Tapes | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...week, 16 days after suffering a partly paralyzing stroke at nearby San Clemente. Doctors worried about lingering high blood pressure, but said the outlook for a "full or nearly full recovery" was excellent. Flanked by Daughters Tricia Cox and Julie Eisenhower, the former First Lady, 64, waved from her wheelchair and told well-wishers: "I feel fine, but I'm a little frightened about the driver." No need. With a steady hand, the former President guided her safely to a limousine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 2, 1976 | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...known for his addiction to the mysterious drug ibogaine, cried to his wife. And a sad man sat in a wheelchair in the last row and wondered if they had cleared fire exits...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: ROCK | 7/13/1976 | See Source »

...McKenzie had forced a group of Roberto's troops to strip naked. The witness claimed that Callan said, "When I count one, two, three−run"−and that both the colonel and McKenzie had opened fire on the fleeing men. "Lying bastard," growled McKenzie from his wheelchair in the dock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANGOLA: Rough Justice At a Show Trial | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

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