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But like it or not, Lyndon Johnson also will have to bite the bullet and accept cutbacks that will maim some of his proudest programs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Much of the public fears that nuclear plants are sending out mysterious and unseen radiation that will maim generations to come, or may somehow explode.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It will maim me for a month," said he; "and if the V.C. comes out alive, the wound he gave may be identified with the wound I've got."

From A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)