Word: wheelchairs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unlike the men who chose to resist the fighting, Kovic can never be graced with amnesty. His exile is permanent; it is the physical isolation of his wheelchair. America's image was sullied in Vietnam; Kovic's ruined body is the crying proof of this. He had believed that there was honor in serving one's country, and there was. But the war taught him it was in vain. He recalls in the third person...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...