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Many historians believe the tradition of shaking hands began inmedieval Europe, where a person (typically a man) would offer anewly met stranger his right hand to show it held no weapon.
The handshake has since evolved into the polite greeting we knowtoday, but a recent study conducted by Dr. Allen Konopacki of theIncomm Center for Trade Show Research in Chicago indicates thehandshake is far more than a simple gesture--it's actually thebeginning of a relationship.
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