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Word: robotical (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...online experience for the average schmo who can barely plug in his PC. It was a smart plan whose execution has been more or less perfect. The catchy populist name. That effortless user interface. Those millions of free starter discs. Those infamous chat rooms. And, of course, that cheerful robot chirping, "You've got mail" (now the title of a romantic comedy coming soon, via Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and two humming laptops, to a multiplex near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AOL, You've Got Netscape | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

Although the description of the elements ofeach song sounds as distasteful and cacophonous asa peanut butter and venison sandwich, the endresults are imaginative, innovative andsuccessful. "Kalifornia" is the mosttechno-influenced track on the album, relyingheavily on vocal distortion and cyber sounds. Asample that sounds like a whining robot babyunites the menagerie of synthetic noises. The onlyrecognizable lyrics are the repeatedtongue-in-cheek phrase "Kalifornia is drugee,drugee." The album then takes a major U-turn in"Praise You," sporting a funky bass line, a pianoaccompaniment that sounds like it was written byBilly Joel and emotional soul vocals. Fatboy Slimkeeps...

Author: By Chris R. Blazeiewski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Right About Now, Phat Pickings | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...hospital never goes to sleep: the robot in the pharmacy dispenses drugs 24 hours a day with nearly 100% accuracy; a chaplain dozes in the sleeping room, with a beeper; doctors work late into the night, and residents rotate overnight duty every three nights, crashing on couches in the lounge and grabbing snacks from vending machines after the cafeteria closes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Long Days, Longer Nights | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

America should be happy to have a human being, not a robot, as President. LENY HEINEN Asbach, Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 14, 1998 | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...read the polls: Americans tolerate him and hate his inquisitor; they want him focused on the job they hired him to carry out; and gosh, if Hillary can stand the sight of him, well, then they can too. So with narrowed eyes and emotions as constrained as a robot's, he gave the pollsters what they wanted. Did he satisfy his constituents? That won't be known for days, until the last sentence of his 4-minute-and-10-second monologue is gleaned and parsed; until the spin cycle concludes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So This Is the Truth | 8/18/1998 | See Source »

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