Word: robots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...underdog, helped the colonial rebels against French imperialism. Later, as a member of the Canton Committee of Twelve, he helped the Kuomintang and Communists revolt. All along, he had a romantic streak and a deep concern for the individual, which foreshadowed his later stand against Communism's robot ranks...
...Figures alone it accepts, in floods and mazes. Quick as a midget's wink, it adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, raises to powers, extracts roots (square or better). It blends the figures together, mixes them with constants such as the speed of light. "It's a robot," says Dr. Aiken, "and does just what it's told...
Authors of "Adam the Creator" as well as the famous play of the twenties "R.U.R." in which the word "robot" was originated, the Capeks are among the outstanding Continental dramatists and are noted for their ingenious stage sets and novel plays...
Even in extra-curricular activities she feels like a robot. She begins to brood over remarks such as this one overheard in St. Clair's and made by a Harvard man to a Radcliffe girl: "You be quiet; you're just here to look pretty." This, of course, was followed by a declaration of the ugliness of Radcliffe women...
Human beings are not the only victims of G-trouble. As aircraft speeds increase, instruments and radio equipment too will be threatened by mounting Gs. In preparation for military invasion of the ionosphere, the Navy's new centrifuge will torture the robot crews of unmanned, guided missiles to see if their bloodless bodies can stand the punishment...