Flaherty
Americannoun
noun
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No athlete would represent the territory in the Winter Games for another 16 years, until Charles Flaherty, a teenage American-born skier who moved to Puerto Rico when he was nine, competed in the 2018 Winter Games.
From Los Angeles Times
In between those two things Delka, 38, made her Olympic debut, carrying the Puerto Rican flag with William Flaherty, Charles’ younger brother, in the opening ceremony in Beijing.
From Los Angeles Times
According to Dr. Flaherty, seizures, mania and traumatic events can enhance a person’s emotional drive and search for meaning.
Dr. Flaherty provocatively suggests that Van Gogh suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy and that his condition may have played an important role in his achievements.
Dr. Alice W. Flaherty, a Harvard neurologist, examines the lives of artists known for their deep eccentricities—her list includes Vincent van Gogh, Gustave Flaubert, Edgar Allan Poe and Sylvia Plath—to illuminate the neurological basis of creativity.
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