Article: `My Left Foot' choice surprise of the awards

Article: Joys and Pitfalls of Left-Foot Braking
The Washington Post;  May 30, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... be quicker. However, left-foot braking began to pass ... of the cars. Bill said left-foot braking now is found almost ... rearrange my bones all those years ago. My problem is that ... you claim. If I lift my left foot off the mat and step on ...

Article: Left foot is meant to brace, not brake
Winnipeg Free Press;  April 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Yes, folks, we had uncovered another left-foot braker. Many motorists are in the habit of using the left foot on the brake pedal, in the belief this ... cause premature brake wear. I have used left-foot braking in certain racing cars under ...

Article: 'LEFT FOOT' TELLS STORY OF FEISTY ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 23, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... writer To call "My Left Foot" an inspiring movie ... big part of "My Left Foot." But it is only ... who delivers the year's best screen ... first of all, "My Left Foot" is a harrowing ... pinches pennies for years so Christy eventually ...

Article: Daniel Day-Lewis inspired // `My Left Foot' reveals ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 2, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... write this review with my left foot. Quite seriously. I ... unless, of course, my left foot was the only part of my ... considered for the first 10 years of his life to be hopelessly ... against him - all except the left foot, with which one day he ...

Article: Alternative controls. (left-foot accelerator pedals ...
Paraplegia News;  December 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... full set of hand controls. However, a left-foot accelerator pedal is a more appropriate device. Because the driver uses the left foot to accelerate and brake, both hands ... left arm can be used on the wheel. The left-foot accelerator pedal is a device that is ...

Article: 'LEFT FOOT' IS THE RIGHT FOOT SCRIPT OF MAN'S LIFE ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 11, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... was written, "My Left Foot.' And I was immediately ... Europe, was his left foot. Daniel Day-Lewis ... t worked for a year. I took some time ... work again." "My Left Foot" will have its ... teenager. In recent years he has managed rather ...

Dictionary definition: LEFT FOOT unlucky
A Dictionary of Superstitions;      413 words ...LEFT FOOT unlucky c. AD 65 PETRONIUS Satyricon ... myself in coming out set forth with the left foot foremost:’ and this … ... with your ‘skir’ [left] foot foremost, you draw down evil on its ...