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  • Ike repeated that theme with Swede Hazlett and confronted the haunting thought that a man in his situation might become a semi-invalid and “slow up operations, impede the work of all his subordinates, and, by so doing, actually damage the cause for which he may even think he is giving some years of his life.”

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • I could not live with myself as an invalid or a semi-invalid.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • I could not live with myself as an invalid or a semi-invalid.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Ike repeated that theme with Swede Hazlett and confronted the haunting thought that a man in his situation might become a semi-invalid and “slow up operations, impede the work of all his subordinates, and, by so doing, actually damage the cause for which he may even think he is giving some years of his life.”

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • By 1866, he had lost all his money, then became a semi-invalid, racked with pain, living in poverty.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • By 1866, he had lost all his money, then became a semi-invalid, racked with pain, living in poverty.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • The year I graduated from college, my father had an aneurysm and became a semi-invalid.

    Sisu Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • The year I graduated from college, my father had an aneurysm and became a semi-invalid.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

  • There was an obvious problem: How does a recluse and self-described "semi-invalid" gather material beyond his own penchants and propensities?

    DesignerBlog Will 2007

  • There was an obvious problem: How does a recluse and self-described "semi-invalid" gather material beyond his own penchants and propensities?

    Archive 2007-09-01 Will 2007

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