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...categorically reject the assumption that somebody needs to be completely removed from something to write about it objectively," Donziger said. "I will never be the sterile, automaton editor that [Niewyck] wants me to be. I care passionately about the Law School...
...Souter for his refusal to answer specific questions about abortion rights, the unassuming, reclusive New Englander seems to have disarmed most of his committee foes. In a baritone voice, the strength of which belies his slight physique and reticent demeanor, Souter movingly deflected insinuations that he is a legal automaton with little regard for the human condition. As a trial judge, he said, "I learned two lessons: one, some human life is going to be changed in some way by what we do . . . and two, therefore, we had better use every power of our minds and our hearts...
...library. But the Dan Quayle at the debate was a different person: a grim, wooden, frightened fellow who had stayed up late memorizing answers for the big test. So nervous were Bush's handlers that they denied Quayle any chance to be spontaneous, transforming him instead into an automaton searching for prepackaged answers that he could drone out safely...
...other way around. Perhaps Wills' most important insight into America's 40th President can be found in his discussion of Reagan's days as a sports announcer. Reagan's detractors, who dismiss the president as "just an actor" and view him as no more than a tele-prompted automaton, have not looked back far enough into his past. If they did, they would better understand the man and his appeal...
...think your boss is inhuman? A real automaton who never lets up, never forgets the slightest error you make? Then just wait until a computer takes over as manager...