Many had struggled to find work because of their poor eyesight but couldn't afford corrective lenses.
Eastwood plays a long-time scout for the Atlanta Braves who is losing his eyesight.
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Walters had always wanted to fly, but bad eyesight prevented him from becoming a pilot.
She said her eyesight was poor, she was not wearing her glasses and everything was "blurry".
The research team suggest the risk of damaging eyesight "may also need to be considered".
Something is happening to my eyesight in the constant oncoming flow and swirl of snow.
Poor eyesight gives way to blindness, and his days as an artist are over.
Just as eyesight and hearing fade with age, so too does the sense of smell, experts say.
His albino skin (in Africa, albinos are widely considered bad luck) and poor eyesight made him an outcast.
For example, laser surgery to substantially improve eyesight costs a third of what it did a decade ago.
Without the proper eyesight, productivity decreases, employment opportunities may be closed-off, and general health may be an issue.
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Some lost their eyesight, and some of the others were put on dialysis machines or respirators, he said.
In response to this looming epidemic, it is critical that Americans take preventive measures to protect their eyesight.
John Legg also said he wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of diabetes and smoking to eyesight.
Because the deity is said to have poor eyesight, the host describes the meal as he serves it.
But, holy cow, how can I complain when this is saving my eyesight?
He told the court he had no problems with his eyesight and only wears glasses as a fashion accessory.
And not every person has the eyesight or manual dexterity to do so.
The women are the eyesight of Afghanistan, and unfortunately you all are blind.
When I got out of eyesight of the scene, I finally stopped walking.
When he was flown to hospital, his condition was initially diagnosed as "life-threatening", and there were fears for his eyesight.
The child was in a coma for one month but has since made a full recovery, and her eyesight has returned.
But it is certainly poor eyesight, and enough, one might think, to rule out winning an Olympic gold medal in archery.
Poor Joyce, played behind thick glasses by Dermot Crowley so as to indicate the novelist's dwindling eyesight, gets it even worse.
Leslie lost her leg and her eyesight after serving in Bosnia, and this is her first time back on a bike.
"We feel we have made people more aware of their responsibilities in relation to eyesight when driving, especially young people, " he said.
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The prime minister has previously admitted to problems with his eyesight after a childhood rugby injury left him blind in one eye.
"You know, there's the question of health, the question of age, the question of eyesight, and who knows what else, " he says.
His eyesight damaged in the incident, he flew for treatment to Nairobi, capital of neighbouring Kenya, where he vowed to fight on.
Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disease that causes people to slowly lose their eyesight as time goes on and eventually become blind.
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