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...rock-'n'-roll singer. Last fall she stood up and sang a tune or two at a Xenon party ("People begged me not to go on"), but this will be a full-fledged set, a "Rock-'n'-Roll Christmas Concert." Cornelia even has a crib sheet written out in pencil and propped up near the microphone in case she forgets how to sing her rock rendition of Frosty the Snowman: "Thumpety thump-thump, thum-pety thump-thump, there goes Frosty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New York: A Deb Sings at Xenon | 1/10/1983 | See Source »

...inculcate the rudiments of spelling and calculating. A record of sorts may have been set by Corey Schou, a computer scientist at the University of Central Florida in Orlando: he rigged up a home computer so his five-month-old daughter could operate it by pressing buttons in her crib and changing the designs on a nearby screen. Says the proud papa: "Basically, it's an electronic kaleidoscope, another diversion, another learning device...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Microkids | 5/3/1982 | See Source »

...pregnant. Others redecorate their nests. Jaclyn Smith tackled a big one. The eleven-room French-colonial-style house in Bel Air that the actress is renovating is an architectural celebration of her swelling condition. The edifice is filled with French-provincial antiques. Soon it will be enhanced by a crib that replicates in loving detail Smith's own antique bed, complete with details like hand-painted flowers and gold leaf. The master builder is sedately curled up on a plush flower-print couch in an upstairs parlor. Now seven months pregnant, she radiates a warmth well beyond her Charlie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Baby Bloom | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

...they scrunch down in a garden-apartment rental somewhere, with the crib in the living room and the wolf frisking in the vestibule, and wonder what went wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Downsizing an American Dream | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

Skinner said that he raised his daughter in an "air-crib" and that she leads a perfectly healthy and happy life...

Author: By Allen M. Greenberg, | Title: Skinner Criticizes Government, Tells Stories About His Career | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

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