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...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...
...WALL STREET JOURNAL in its Page 6 story led with a point that made the last line of the Times story and was not mentioned at all in the Post's: the median U.S. household income rose almost 8% faster than inflation during the 1990s, reaching...
...commercial they find amusing. Advertisers aim to exploit data about which shows and spots viewers are skipping and which they're watching (since the technology can track one's TV habits), and they plan to use that knowledge to send ads, infomercials and special deals targeted to a household's income and interests. TiVo has sent its subscribers promos from Lexus and Best Buy, and this month they will get a trailer for the movie Mr. Deeds. Sound Big Brotherish? It doesn't seem to bother TiVo fans like John Harper. "If the commercial is entertaining enough," he says...
...shroud has been pushed back from the corpse's face so he can look upon Rama, the sun. The eldest son circles the body once and sprinkles it with ghee, or clarified butter. Finally, hands trembling, he sets the dry wood alight, using live coals brought from his household's devotional fire. As the flames engulf the corpse, the adolescent turns away and covers his face with his hands...
...though O’Brien is a household name, most Poonsters who have gone on to work in comedy do so behind the scenes and are far less recognizable than Franken’s trademark tortoise shell glasses and curly brown hair...