Despite the fact that this was a terrible injury and in those days a great handicap, Dad always claimed that it was the making of his success in the lumber business.

Dad's final and maybe his greatest public service was the great highway war.

It was a great opportunity (for him) to learn the lumber business from the ground up.

She was disoriented. She was out and had to be helped to her corner, despite the fact that she was still standing on her feet.

Doing a fabulous job on Rita doesn't undo the fact that people perceive the first few days of Katrina were mishandled.

I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.