Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...earphones. "My name is Leachim," said the robot. "You are doing Segment 10. Try to follow my directions carefully. If a classmate drops a pin on the floor, what would you pick it up with? Answer A: a screwdriver. Answer B: pliers. Answer C: a wrench. " Lisa punched button B on Leachim's chest. "You are correct," said the robot. "Pliers will help you lift and squeeze things." "He's very polite," says Lisa. "He says 'thank you' and 'please...
...people in many fields, who may or may not agree with the SWP's political views, have seen fit to endorse the suit as well. These sponsors include: Eric Bentley, the Berrigans, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Ron Dellums (D-Calif.), Daniel Ellsberg, Jules Feiffer (who has also designed a PRDF button), Erich Fromm, Ruth Gage-Colby, Dick Gregory, Eugene McCarthy, Arthur Miller, Norman Mailer (though not Maxwell Taylor), Gloria Steinem, I.F. Stone, George Wald, George Novack and many others...
...also said that the "fail-safe" mechanisms of machines employed at the Harvard-affiliated hospitals are doubly safe since they have a "dead man's switch" in addition to the usual "panic button...
...turned left and walked quickly through the crowds who were shopping for clothes among the row of stalls draped with cheap blouses, chino pants, and button-down sweaters. I looked behind me apprehensively, but in a mob such as this, I reasoned, there was no way they could have followed me. Still I was taking no chances, and I weaved in and out among the sack-carrying men, chicken-dragging women, and soccer-playing children, taking care at the same time not to step into the garbage that had collected in the middle of the street. A small alley that...
There is furious movement, to be sure - but it is caused by the selfish race to win special bilateral deals with the Middle East oil producers. Last week French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert toured the Middle East attempting to button down contracts that would ensure France oil for the next decade and beyond. He was followed closely by Italian Foreign Minister Aldo Moro, who jetted to Egypt, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi to guarantee supplies for Italy. In St. Moritz, the Shah of Iran took time between ski runs to listen to oil requests from German Economics Minister...