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Word: crumb (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would gain a powerful friend in the Far East, and would in effect double the strength of our Fleet." Japan likes the U. S. very much. Japan admires nearly everything about the U. S., from baseball to horn-rimmed glasses. Ja pan leaps like a hungry carp at every crumb of friendship the U. S. tosses onto the Pacific. When the President decided to send the ashes of Ambassador Saito home to Japan in the U. S. S. Astoria last year, Japanese almost buried Ambassador Grew's home in presents. It took only a few days, last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Appeasement | 6/17/1940 | 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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