Word: roboticized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before its mutilation, the waist-high robotic figure was covered with toys and other objects, the ski-pole skeleton held together by brightly colored telephone wire. Its face was an old cartoon-character lunchbox, its torso a discarded radio, its hands giant ski gloves.
Somehow, though, Caleb muddles through. Despite incessantly questioning the meaning of it all, he completes his tasks with a modicum of efficiency, eventually gaining the approval of his superiors. But Caleb proves his immunity to the dehumanized values of his colleagues, when he falls madly in love with another employee...
Now a diverse but irresistible mix of sounds had brought the kids back not only to the record racks, but to the clubs and the concerts as well. New Music, a blend of soul, rock, reggae and disco set to a synthesized, whipcrack beat, has them buying and dancing again...
Now, one by one, often in disguise, Han's friends come to rescue him: first that robotic dynamic duo, See-Threepio (C-3PO), the gold-plated neurotic with a proper English accent (Anthony Daniels), and Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2), who looks like a tank-type vacuum cleaner but has the...
It turned out to be a near miss. Problems with advanced robotic welders and material handlers slowed initial production so that only 10,000 cars, less than a third the number needed, were in showrooms on the official introduction date, Oct. 2, 1980. Chrysler flubbed in other ways as well...