Word: lefthandedness
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Holt had the Green baffled throughout, as his control was nearly perfect. The lefthanded pineapple never faced more than four men an inning as he did not give up a single walk. Dartmouth scattered its five hits in five different innings, and never got a man past first base.
Sir / The Japan Lefthanders League, which seeks to boost the self-esteem of long-suffering southpaws [Jan. 7], will find comfort in an astonishing fact that I noted while working on a book about the Apollo moon-landing program. Of the 29 astronauts who flew the Apollo missions, no fewer...
Sir / I salute Tokyo Psychiatrist Soichi Hakozaki and his lefty liberation crusade. A year ago, I found out that all my left-handed guitar students suffered from severe rhythm problems and a general inability to improvise. A specially strung guitar designed to be strummed with the left hand and fretted...
The reason for the forcible correction of the child's "defect" remained, however. In Japan there is a deep-seated prejudice against lefthanders that goes back so far in time that its origins are unknown. It is especially strong in rural areas, where teachers used to beat lefthanded pupils...
Throughout Japan, thousands of supporters have written to Hakozaki offering thanks and encouragement. Bolstered by the response, Hakozaki is carrying the fight to new fronts as well. He has persuaded several Tokyo department stores to stock specially designed scissors, golf clubs and tools for lefthanders. Now at work on a...