Word: robotically
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...boxed He-Man figures for $60 or a complete Optimus Prime, the truck leader of the Transformers' Autobot heroes, for upwards of $150--eight times its original value. Sooner or later the toymakers had to notice and start making the items again. Trendmaster's mini-replica of the robot Voltron ($29.99) has completely sold out since its release in 1999, and each of the first 12 Masters of the Universe--including He-Man, Man-at-Arms and the evil Skeletor ($10-$25 each)--has all but disappeared from the shelves of J.C. Penney and Toys "R" Us since Mattel...
...antiquated hand-drawn cartoons with Toy Story 2. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, opening in July, stars a cast of disconcertingly realistic CGI humans. In Steven Spielberg's A.I., opening this week, a teddy bear comes to life, and Haley Joel Osment communes with eerie, translucent aliens. As a robot, Osment never blinks because of his Stanislavskian discipline--and because the special-effects wizards at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) removed more than a dozen blinks from his scenes...
Calling Dr. Robot...
...Forceps! Scalpel! Robot!" was an informative article [MEDICINE, June 4], but the idea of having a robot operate on me for heart-bypass surgery isn't very appealing. Too many things could go wrong in the operating room. What if the person controlling the robot made a mistake or the robot malfunctioned? I could not take the risk. Granted a doctor could mess up just as easily, but I would rather have my life in the hands of a human than in the hands of a machine. SHERESA DARLENE NOWELL La Russell...
...rebels also suffered an internal setback last week. A powerful Abu Sayyaf commander named Ghalib Andang from Jolo island is negotiating his surrender, presidential sources said on Friday. Commander Robot (as Andang is commonly known) carried out a kidnapping on a Sipadan island diving resort in Malaysia last April, netting more than $425 million in ransom from European nations, Libya and Malaysia. Robot's surrender won't necessarily help the current hostages, who are being held by a different faction, but it means the Basilan-based rebels can no longer count on reinforcements?or on an easy escape route...