Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...LEAD an ordinary life, doing ordinary things," says North Dakota Teacher Anne Carlsen in the understatement of the year. For the extraordinary life of the "Handicapped American of the Year," see MEDICINE, Handicap Winner...
...younger generation is more tolerant than its parents: only 17% of those in the 21-to-39-year age group would not vote for a Catholic, though 31% of their elders (50 and older) would still refuse. But any Catholic presidential candidate must still start with a handicap of one voter out of every four against...
...book's most appealing episode is the horse-racing fantasy-for Jack Duluoz, like any right-thinking Massachusetts twelve-year-old, is a track addict. In the Duluoz tenement, on dark winter mornings, Jack scribbles out racing forms, plays the call to colors on the Victrola, stages elaborate handicap races with marbles ("I owned that great Repulsion, also personally rode the beast, and trained him . . . also ran the Turf, was Commissioner, Track Handicapper, President of the Racing Association, Secretary of the Treasury...
...Wadsworth of the Crimson pitched almost as well as Manson, but could not overcome the handicap of some atrocious early-inning fielding by his teammates. Only one of the six Bruin runs was earned...
With a 17 handicap, the Crimson made a final team score of 1411 on Saturday. Handicaps are based on the team's average in regular season play. First in the tournament was M.I.T., with a score of 1417 and an 8 handicap. Tufts, which placed last in season play, came in second in the tournament...