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Last week Welder Pierre tried again to double his loot, and cracked. The question: "To prepare a substitute for chinawood oil, castor oil is submitted to a careful pyrolysis. What are the two volatile compounds that are formed as byproducts?"* Pierre stood in anguished silence as the seconds and his millions slipped away. But after the disaster came a pleasant surprise: a consolation check for 1,000,000 francs from the sponsoring soapmaker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quitte ou Double | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

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