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Powered by a modified 900-cc Kawasaki motorcyle engine, the Hexapod walks with the aid of 16 on-board computers. The data processors get their information from sensors and use it to guide the vehicle forward, backward or to the side. Scientists at Ohio State, who have spent $5 million so far developing the Hexapod, will put the machine through its first walking test this fall...
...whether he has any recommendations for Reagan and Gorbachev. No. I am not qualified. China is a backward country. Perhaps 50 years from now, China would have a larger say [laughs heartily...
...record collection. Initial reports suggesting that “Twins” would chuck the dusty influences out the window altogether in favor of funky synths and danceable rhythms were promising—but they also raised disquieting visions of an aging Elephant jumping on a new, shakier backward-looking bandwagon...
...intellectually rigorous discourse that would result in an increased, more holistic, awareness, radical students, who I am ashamed to call my peers, engaged in counterproductive debauchery. The protestors’ actions demonstrated a disdain for diversity of opinion, and as a result, the incredibly disruptive protest was a step backward for progressive politics at Harvard. Unfortunately, the previous leniency of the administration with regard to more tasteful student protests will surely regress...
...Kampuchean insurgents. A plan calling for negotiations with a Vietnamese delegation that might include representatives of the Heng Samrin regime won the backing of resistance fighters, ASEAN nations and the U.S. But Viet Nam rejected the idea. One Vietnamese diplomat in Malaysia told TIME, "The proposal is a backward step. It does not help peace talks...