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Pelmanism

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Pelmanism [ˈpɛlməˌnɪzəm]
n
1. a system of training to improve the memory
2. (Group Games / Card Games) (often not capital) Also called pairs (esp US) concentration a memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face down and players try to turn up pairs with the same number
[named after the Pelman Institute, founded in London in 1898]
Pelmanism
a system of mental development exercises.
See also: Thinking
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At the moment I am reading some early books on Pelmanism -the art of improving the mind.
Time Off: Billy's a bit of an egg head in the kitchen; Billy Roberts by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Given (in particular) that those same erotic practices which as recently as three decades ago were banned throughout the West are now not merely allowed but, in numerous sub-cultures, a job requirement for anyone with the slightest career ambition--and that even where they are not required, it is illegal to condemn them--has not the entire notion of deviance gone the way of phrenology, Pelmanism, Emile Coue's auto-suggestion, and suchlike fossil-faiths?
The Politics of Deviance by Stove, R.J. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
 
 
 
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