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Word: coalbin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third grade, he showed little interest in drawing flowers and houses. He preferred skeletons, with each bone carefully labeled, or diagrams of the human circulatory system. Two and a half years ago, Bobby took up chemistry. He set up a tiny laboratory in his parents' unused coalbin, plastered the walls with his own charts of the elements and their valences. His mother went to the Cleveland Heights Board of Education to get him a special tutor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bobby's Double Life | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

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