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...passed away last year. "The diet pill companies take advantage of young girls and boast results that aren't real," says Wang's father, Wang Quikan. "Why aren't these things more controlled?" Wang sued the manufacturer but the case was dropped by a Shanghai court for insufficient evidence. "Society's influence is very bad," he says. "It took away my healthy young girl...
...question. Since 1986, Honda researchers have been trying to build a robot that could balance and walk naturally like a human. With ASIMO (short for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility), mission accomplished. Now they are moving on to the next epochal challenge: creating a generation of humanoid machines that boast the kind of butlering skills of classic science fiction robots. "Imagine a machine that's as versatile as a human but that works 24 hours a day and does all the household chores," gushes Hirose. "You can't really attach a price tag to what it offers...
Drawing from his experience as a Harvard undergraduate and the parent of a current junior, Franken joked about everything from the drug habits of the House residents in the ’70s to the way parents need to boast of their child’s acceptance to Harvard...
...Harvard is one of only about a half-dozen American institutions that can boast a full-blown department granting doctorates in African-American studies. Temple University, Yale University, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley are others...
...gardenweb.com Green thumbs around the world converge at this online meeting house to swap tips and boast about their horticultural successes. The regional forums are especially handy for suggestions tailored to your zone, while the topic-oriented forums cover every subject under the sun. Even novices feel at home asking questions in this friendly Web community...