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In 1974 every American school had a cardboard box in the office containing a community's unclaimed property, and it was never organised, because nobody's job included organising it.…
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It was bolted to the wall by the window or beside the door, cast iron, painted the same colour as everything else, with a crank on the side…
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In 1974 a child's academic standing was reported four times a year, in ink, on a folded card of heavy stock, and in between there was total silence.…
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In 1974 a child's savings lived in a glazed ceramic pig with a slot in its back and no way out. No plug, no key, no base. The…
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In 1974 a child went into a dental surgery where nobody wore gloves, the drill was driven by a belt and pulleys, and a shallow cavity was commonly…
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In 1974 thousands of American towns had a storefront built around a slot car track - sixty to a hundred feet of banked multi-lane racing, with a lap…