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...separate out the problems, not just say, 'Gee whiz, people are going to lose their jobs.' So far, in any case, we've created a hell of a lot more jobs than we've displaced." Adds Edward Fredkin, professor of computer science at M.I.T.: "We are creating what is going to be an immense new industry, perhaps as big as the auto industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Robot Revolution | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...ability to whip out a story (he does most first drafts in a matter of hours) and thrilled by his success. Most people lose the capacity for wonder as they grow older. Not Bradbury. "I'm one of the few people I know who still say 'Gee, whiz,' " he admits. "I say it at least five times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sci-Fi Sprints | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

Well, it took them long enough, but here they come. All the old friends and some favorite enimies have returned to brighten up this unhappy spring. There's Luke Skywalker, that gee whiz kid from Tatooine, and there's Princess Leia, that cosmic mankiller. There are Han Solo and his furry 8-ft. friend Chewbacca trying to get their beat-up old tub, the Millennium Falcon, to make the jump into hyperspace. And back, of course, are the Laurel and Hardy of the robot set, Artoo Detoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Steve Martin is just wild and crazy over a new portrait of his girlfriend and Jerk co-star Bernadette Peters. The painting, on the cover of Peters' new album Gee Whiz, was done by Illustrator Alberto Varga, 84, who stirred the fantasies of two generations of young men with his soft drawings of semi-nude seductresses for, among others, Esquire and Playboy. Varga retired from painting beauties five years ago, but when Peters, 32, approached him, he just had to give her the brush. Said he: "Yes, you are a Varga Girl." Peters, who wore a camisole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 14, 1980 | 4/14/1980 | See Source »

...Beanpot's kinda magical," Bertagna explains, adding, "We're hoping people who are too busy to come to regular women's games will say, 'Gee, I think I'll check...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: A Pot of Their Own | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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