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Lefties want equal Rights
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Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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August 3, 2008
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Crenna Brumwell remembers the recurring statement on her school
report cards:"Cutting needs improvement.""No, needs teaching,"
Brumwell says today.As a left-handed person in a mostly right-
handed world, Brumwell struggled with scissors that wouldn't quite
cut correctly - because they were intended for people using the
other hand."Scissors were always a big problem," said Brumwell,
Dubuque's assistant city attorney and a lifelong lefty.From the car
ignition to the computer mouse, the world seems oriented toward the
right hand. It's difficult reading a coffee mug slogan when held in
the left hand and you won't find many left-handed shortstops or
catchers on the baseball diamond.Scientists ...
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