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...couldn't stand to live with her any more because she wore so much cold cream on her face at night that her head would skid across the pillow and hit him in the head. He is now contemplating a new skidproof face cream." See EDUCATION, Against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 31, 1960 | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

...divorce from his wife. He couldn't stand to live with her any more because she wore so much cold cream on her face at night that her head would skid across the pillow and hit him in the head. He is now contemplating a new skidproof face cream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Against IQs | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

...kind of mind that can conceive of skidproof face cream, concede Getzels and Jackson, is likely to drive a teacher dotty. But it is also, they argue, the kind of mind that solves problems by striking out in new directions. And until teachers conquer their tendency to associate goodness with giftedness and to mark accordingly, they add, U.S. schools will continue to smother some of the nation's best youngsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Against IQs | 10/31/1960 | See Source »

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