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When Anne Carlsen was born in Grantsburg, Wis., she had only stubs of arms ending above the elbow, her right leg ended above the knee, and the left was malformed, ending in a clubfoot. Left motherless at four, Anne got tireless encouragement from her father, an elder sister and four brothers. On a coaster wagon she learned to take part in a modified version of baseball. At eight she was pronounced ready for school, but only after a psychologist had gone over her and solemnly pronounced her "educable." Anne raced through two grades a year...
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