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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The current slump does not necessarily signal the demise of American robotics. The industry is expected to perk up again by the end of 1988, partly because of increases in U.S. competitiveness caused by the falling dollar. Struggling American manufacturers have begun to adopt the electronic robot technologies of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Limping Along In Robot Land | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

For more than a year, Tess Follensbee had found it easier to start moving her rigid muscles if she walked backward, so pronounced was her Parkinson's disease. In May, all that changed. The 39-year-old mother of four was one of the first half a dozen Americans to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Steps Toward a Brave New World | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

Under the heat and pressure of the challenge, the judicial confirmation process seems to be changing shape. In recent times the Senate's scrutiny of presidential court appointees has been limited chiefly to questions of their legal ability and ethical fitness. Last week, however, Bork's opponents in the Democrat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Begins | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

Davis said he has not been directly involved in research since moving to Penn in 1972, and is not planning to return to the labs. "It's not where my strength lies. I really do enjoy teaching and administration," he said.

Author: By Sophia A. Van wingerden, | Title: Bio Labs Get New Director | 7/7/1987 | See Source »

Right-to-Lifers have latched onto this argument as a principal weapon in their war to overturn Roe v. Wade. Given the uncertainty of the viability standard, they claim, potential life should be recognized from conception. They point to medical technologies such as sonography and fetal-heart monitoring that have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE Abortion, Ethics and the Law | 7/6/1987 | See Source »

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