Search Details

Word: wheelchairs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Morill just turned 81. She has owned a frame duplex in southwest Hartford since 1945. Last July the bad news came. Her taxes were delinquent by more than $1,000. On an annual income of $2,080, how could she pay up? Without children, and wheelchair-bound for 25 years, Iva Morill had expected the notice. "I would lie in bed at night, worrying about my taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Hartford: A Taxing Solution | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

Speaking at a running symposium at the Science Center which included Ellen M. Hart '80, a Harvard marathoner, and Bob Hall, a top wheelchair marathoner, Kelly said "I think she was a faker. She didn't even look tired or sweaty after the race...

Author: By Douglas L. Tweedale, | Title: Marathoners Question Woman's Finish | 4/23/1980 | See Source »

Spectators themselves were marveling over the race for hours. Some were amazed by the strength of the 24 wheelchair marathoners, while others merely cheered on the athletes with the most creative shirts. One woman wore a t-shirt saying "agony"; her partner's "ecstasy...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Pride, Pain and | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

...wheelchair division, Kirk Brinkman triumphed with an unofficial record time of 1:55.00. Brinkman, a double amputee from Oren, Utah, overtook George Murray three miles from the end of the 26-mile race when Murray's left wheel broke off his chair...

Author: By Gregg F. Clifton and Nevin I. Shalit, S | Title: Rogers Triumphs in Fourth Straight Marathon | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

Victor Morrissey, 50, is in Britain to open a branch office. His wife is in a wheelchair in Scarsdale, N.Y. She lost both legs when, enraged and intoxicated after learning of her husband's philandering, she drove her car into a concrete abutment. The relentless tenet of The Bleeding Heart is that women always suffer and pay more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anguish Artist | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

Previous | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | Next