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Word: hypnopaedia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Ford 632 the world was a vastly different place. At the Central London Hatchery & Conditioning Centre fertilized human eggs were bokanovskified to produce thousands of identical twins. These embryos were cultured in bottles, immunized and conditioned, decanted after nine months as lusty infants to be further conditioned by hypnopaedia (sleep teaching) into useful, satisfied citizens of Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta or Epsilon class. The Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons did all the work; the Alphas had all the fun. They travelled in helicopters, went to the "feelies," danced to the music of sexophones. In the Year of Our Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mary's Neckers | 2/8/1932 | See Source »

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