Sentence examples for overcome polio from inspiring English sources
Having overcome polio when he was six, nearly losing his leg in the process, Johnston was not about to quit.
Having overcome polio at an early age, Thomas was eager to stay fit through regular exercise and yoga.
They say it is impossible to tell the story of Mr. McConnell without talking about the accomplished, powerful women who have always been integral to his life, including his mother, who devoted herself to helping a young Mitch overcome polio; Ms. Chao; and many of his top staff members.
There is Ray Ewry - three golds in Paris in 1900, three more in St Louis four years later, two more in 1908 - having overcome polio and a childhood confined to a wheelchair.
The cause is especially close to Perlman's heart, given his personal battle to overcome polio as a small child.
But it would be a mistake to underestimate him.As a child, he overcame polio.
Overcoming polio, he learned to ride well enough to earn money riding show horses.
Overcoming polio, they say, required immense work, if not obsession, to adapt undamaged muscles and nerves to carry the load.
Other contenders include the Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie, who won 10 world championships and three Olympic golds; Romania's Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast to record a perfect score in Olympic competition; and Wilma Rudolph, the American who overcame polio to win both Olympic sprints in 1960.
I've corresponded regularly with Maurice Wittenberg — his last name was Weiner in junior high, but he reclaimed his original family name — who became an expert on Esperanto when not working as a chemist, and I occasionally heard from Eddie Sclar, who overcame polio as a child and worked in advertising.
Festivities kick off on Wednesday, with "Süskind," the story of a man who worked for the Jewish Council in Amsterdam and saved children from deportation during World War II, and "A.K.A. Doc Pomus," about the Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder, who overcame polio to become the famous songwriter.
