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Word: curatorship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...investigating Mathematician Dodgson's theories in a political field-proportional representation. One day, in a cupboard of the Christ Church treasury, he came across "row upon row of green clothbound boxes, all neatly packed with envelopes." Inside were the meticulous records of Dodgson's entire ten-year curatorship. Apparently, not one of them had been opened since the day he retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Third Man | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

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