Word: lefthandedness
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The movement was started primarily to obtain lefthanded desks in Brandeis classrooms, but Gaffin said he could see the Association including "social activities, lectures, or possible affiliation with the League of Lefthanders or Lefthanders International."
The example of the left-handed postal clerk wasn't silly. Regrettably, the man-made environment is usually designed for the "average" citizen, which leaves out the majority: short, tall, pregnant, fat, disabled or lefthanded. Flexible solutions are possible if the buyers of design service see the importance of...
Such far-out cases are cropping up more and more frequently. In Dallas, a busty woman felt that an employer unfairly discriminated by discouraging her from wearing a revealing tank top while tolerating this garb on women employees not so well endowed. In North Carolina, two career Marines charged that...
Carew does not strike out very often (52 whiffs last year). Nor are his many hits limited to a third of the playing field as is the case with most pulling power hitters. A lefthanded hitter (who throws rightie), he sprays the field like a grounds keeper's sprinkler...
Even when it comes, recognition has sometimes been careless and absentminded, casually askew. In Carew's playroom is a 2-ft.-high trophy-the Joe Cronin Award-all polished wood and gleaming brass. The American League presented it to the great lefthanded hitter in recognition of his fourth consecutive...