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Spouses left on the home front also might have mixed feelings. "Would the AI spouse be a nice stimulant to my own memories?" Caldwell-Harris wonders. "Or would I even get more angry at the Army and think, 'They're just trying to fob off this fancy technology on me so they can send my husband out on his next tour'?" It's obvious that the real breakthrough will come when the military can deploy parental holograms and let Mom and Dad stay at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Daddy Is Off at War: A Hologram Home? | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...demarcate. There is an extremist tendency in the Asian-American communities to which I have been exposed: You are either Korean or not, hence the popularity of terms such as "white-washed" (bleached and freshly pressed American), "Twinkie" (carby Asian on the outside, creamy White on the inside), and "FOB" (fresh off the boat...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: 100 Percent of Both | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...2008a). "Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB," (accessed...

Author: By Crimson News Staff | Title: Full Text of Ben Bernanke's Class Day Speech | 6/4/2008 | See Source »

...role of religion in the vote. As the forum wound down, IOP Director James A. Leach paid tribute to outgoing IOP Forum Director Bill H. White. Sitting alongside his wife and two young children, White was toasted by colleagues near and far. Some “FOB,” or Friends of Bill, as one speaker labelled them, phoned in and were broadcast over a loudspeaker. White will join Mass. Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78’s administration after campaigning in Iowa on behalf of Hillary R. Clinton...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Touts Optimism in Presidential Race | 12/11/2007 | See Source »

Also, did you ever consider changing your last name for Hollywood? Swank is, I believe, a rather graphic skin mag. Captain Brad O'Brien FOB WARHORSE, IRAQ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Hilary Swank | 3/29/2007 | See Source »

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