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Word: bassinet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Department, the British Foreign Office, the Vatican Secretariat of State, whom Professor Salvemini regards as a trio of Borgias engaged in a dark plot to strangle Italian democracy in its bassinet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Resoling the Italian Boot | 9/13/1943 | See Source »

Action. At 16 weeks he graduates, with a plunge, from his bassinet; at 28 weeks he sits alone, grabs things; at 40 weeks he can pick up a crumb with his fingers; at a year he creeps, hauls himself to his feet; at 15 months he stands alone, builds a tower of two blocks; at two he runs, kicks a ball, builds a tower of six blocks, holds a glass with one hand, hunts for missing toys, turns pages one at a time. At three he likes to solve ball & box puzzles, builds a ten-cube tower, turns sharp corners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Baby Behavior | 4/29/1940 | See Source »

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