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World Service,23 Apr 1993,27 mins

Living Left-handed

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Marilyn Monroe, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein were all left-handed. Words such as gauche, gawky and sinister all derive from words for left. An investigation into the superstitions around left-handedness, and a look at its links with creativeness.

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