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Take the baby-wipe warmer. Baby wipes have become an indispensable item on changing tables, but the warmer--a plug-in device that keeps the wipes from chilling your baby's bottom--is not. Parents and gift buyers tempted by the $25-$30 product should know that one maker of wipe warmers, Prince Lionheart, recently recalled more than 150,000 of them when parents reported getting electric shocks. Know too that wipes can be warmed between your hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst Baby Gifts | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...last night, just short of halfway to their goal, the group of animal rights protesters dissembled their cages, folded their tarps, gathered their signs into a van and went to a warmer, drier place to plan their next move...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Police Force Animal Rights Protesters to Leave Square | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...GIRL? Mothers who conceive in warmer countries are more likely to have boys, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Victor Grech, a pediatrician in Malta, surveyed 17 countries' birth statistics. After separating them into three climatic bands, he determined that the coldest group had the lowest rate of male births and the hottest group had a consistently high proportion of baby boys. Researchers are still examining the results to figure out why heat affects gender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Apr. 10, 2000 | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...cold, rainy night, and the Pit is virtually deserted. The teenagers--many of them runaways or homeless--who while away their time across from Harvard Yard in the area next to the T stop have apparently gone on to find a warmer place for the evening...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot Chocolate and Hope: Medical Van Offers Homeless Teenagers a Warm Place | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

What more does he plan to accomplish? He will create additional Cardinals and canonize new saints. He will keep up his push for warmer relations not only among Christian denominations but also among Christians, Jews and Moslems. He will publish a new social catechism that addresses inequities between rich and poor countries. And he hopes to keep traveling the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What More Can He Hope To Accomplish? | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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