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• n  the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
• n  preference for using the left hand

• Some historians have suggested that da Vinci's left-handedness added to his genius, because it forced him to think and see in an extraordinary way.
• The causes of left-handedness remain obscure.
• Everything from Obama's left-handedness to his positive rhetoric to his appearance on the cover of this magazine has been cited as evidence of his true identity.

• sinistrality

News & Articles

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• Letters From My Father, and a Typewriter That Made the Journey With Me
  I blame a severe case of left-handedness for fouling my penmanship and pushing me toward the typewriter well before I could shave. I started on an aqua-green Olivetti Studio 44 whose “portable” description belied its weight.
  June 15, 2013 - Valley News

Quotes

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• Samuel Alito in San Diego Union Tribune
  The defendant had used statistical evidence, and Alito wrote, "suppose we ask our 'amateur with a pocket calculator' whether the American people take right- or left-handedness into account in choosing their presidents."
• Simon Baron-Cohen in guardian.co.uk
  There is a very live debate about whether autism should simply be recognised as an atypical pattern of development like left-handedness which doesn't necessarily need treatment,said Prof Baron-Cohen. "It just needs to be recognised as...
• Doug Melvin in MLB.com
  I like our outfield,Melvin said. "We've got two All-Stars in the outfield [in Braun and Hart] and a veteran defensive guy [in Cameron] who hits home runs in center. I wish there was some left-handedness to it, but it's not a big deal when...