Word: wheelchair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hums along the narrow roads in her electric wheelchair, monopolizes the right to keep pigeons and bitches, takes a 13th share of the price paid for any property, and governs the tiny islet 20 miles off the coast of France with the traditional whim of iron. Last week Dame Sibyl Hathaway, 85, one of the Western world's last feudal rulers, was furious. "I can no longer publicize this island as a haven of rest when there are 42 tractors, few of which obey the traffic laws," she said. "I am also tired of having to call on Guernsey...
...body tremors caused by such neurological disorders as Parkinson's disease. Another adaptation involves the so-called "sign switch": intended to be actuated by the mere movement of an astronaut's eyes so that his hands will be free, it has already been installed in a motorized wheelchair for paraplegics. The space suits may be useful for lowering body temperature in cases of extremely high fever...
After the doors were cleared the police charged students who were standing on the steps of Thayer Hall. About ten Somerville Police charged into the building with shields and riot sticks. During that charge, several policemen pushed Timothy H. S. Venn '72 from his wheelchair onto the cement...
After the doors were cleared the police charged students who were standing on the steps of Thayer Hall. About ten Somerville Police charged into the building with shields and riot sticks. During that charge, several policemen pushed Timothy H. S. Venn '72 from his wheelchair onto the cement...
...almost ashamed of getting into a good college" because of the salesmanship involved. Whether or not a lottery makes sense, there is a way to rise above the college race. For those with steady nerves, the solution is to do something spectacular-scale Mount McKinley in a wheelchair, perhaps-and then refuse to mention it to the colleges...