Word: deborah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when Deborah Skinner was eleven months old, she had a rather dubious distinction: she was the most talked-about infant in America?the famous "baby in a box." The box, or "air crib" as her father called it, was his own invention, a glassed-in, insulated, air-controlled crib that he thought would revolutionize child rearing and, in line with his behaviorist theories, produce happier, healthier children...
...eliminate those troubles, Skinner designed Deborah's crib with temperature and humidity controls so that she could be warm and naked at the same time. Besides the hoped-for results?Deborah never suffered from a rash, for instance?the crib provided an unexpected fringe benefit: the Skinners discovered that the baby was so sensitive to even the slightest change in temperature that she could be made happy simply by moving the thermostat a notch or two. "We wonder how a comfortable temperature is ever reached with clothing and blankets," Skinner wrote in a 1945 issue of Ladies' Home Journal. "During...
Reporter-Researcher Deborah Murphy, who has worked on nine cover stories, is as eblouissante as Magnuson is restrained. She came to TIME in 1967 after earning a degree in history at Boston University and working for three months on an Israeli kibbutz on the Lebanese border...
...insights; she returned from her latest trip to Hong Kong in February. The information gathered went to Clell Bryant, who wrote the story, and David Tinnin, who edited it. To achieve the proper mood, Tinnin led his crew through a spirited doubles session in the office Ping Pong parlor. Deborah Pierce, who supervised picture coverage for the story, served as the fourth...
Married. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, 22, only son of former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and his first wife Barbara ("Bobo") Sears; and Deborah Cluett Sage, 20, blonde London socialite; both for the first time; in an Episcopal ceremony in Williamsburg...