Last year, the press zeroed in on a subtle request to the organizers of a sports meeting for handicapped people in Yokohama.

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Lex Blyth Watson (Giffnock, Glasgow) - For services to scouting, particularly for handicapped young people, in Scotland.

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They have different perceptions of the man but agree on at least one thing - whatever Capt O'Neill intended to achieve he was handicapped by the fact he could never quite speak the language of the people who voted for his party.

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