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...late June. Like most of his generation, the 27-year-old Matsui has spent the last month obsessing about the World Cup and looking to soccer, not baseball, players for style tips. He wears a soccer bracelet and spends several minutes fluffing his thick mop of tinted hair skyward so he can look more like English star David Beckham. "I've always liked Beckham," he says. "He's why I dyed my hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ichiro Paradox | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...perform hard labor in hazardous conditions. Some $40 million has been spent but the project's HRP-1 robot still suffers from poor visual recognition and has trouble walking on rough terrain. Likewise, ASIMO understands only the simplest of commands and isn't dexterous enough to wield a mop. Yet it costs more to lease than a Lamborghini. "We want to improve ASIMO to make it marketable as soon as possible. But it's not at a stage where we can draft a business strategy," admits Honda spokesman Yuji Hatano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tin Men | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home: A Mop That Might Floor You | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

Just because you can't find time to make your floor squeaky clean doesn't mean you can't dream for that result. Next-generation cleaning gadgets like the Swiffer Wet Jet mop are making it easier to do backbreaking chores in no time. The Swiffer uses disposable cleaning pads (they pick up more grime and don't need wringing) instead of conventional mop locks and has a container of cleaning fluid built right into the handle. Pull on the mop's trigger, and a motor shoots fluid onto the floor while you swab. Bid farewell to hands-and-knees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home: A Mop That Might Floor You | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

...entire nation is, in fact, paying for the devastation caused by gun-toting criminals. Gun violence currently imposes an annual healthcare cost of $4-5.3 billion, most of which is paid by private health insurance subscribers and taxpayers. There is no reason why innocent Americans should have to mop up after the violence of others when its costs can be directly subsidized by those that purchase guns...

Author: By Nicholas F. Josefowitz, | Title: Bite The Bullet | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

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