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Word: robots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other business, the council appropriated $4325 to the Fire Department for purchasing a fire training robot...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Healy Agrees to Beef Up Patrols To Fight Growing Drug Problem In Columbia St. Neighborhood | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

...robot will be used to train firefighters about their responsibilities and to teach Cambridge children about fire safety...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Healy Agrees to Beef Up Patrols To Fight Growing Drug Problem In Columbia St. Neighborhood | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

Councillor Thomas W. Daneh quipped, "Mr. Mayor, do you think the day will come when there is a robot councillor...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Healy Agrees to Beef Up Patrols To Fight Growing Drug Problem In Columbia St. Neighborhood | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

Money for the robot was donated by the Lotos Corporation of Cambridge...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Healy Agrees to Beef Up Patrols To Fight Growing Drug Problem In Columbia St. Neighborhood | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

...what is almost certainly the wrong house, an isolated, spooky Victorian monstrosity; from then on, the mystery evolves into deciding who is crazier, the hosts or the uninvited guests. In the Act is a wickedly funny send-up of android sci-fi, featuring a voluptuous male-fantasy robot (named, naturally, Dolly) who is much nicer than any of the humans around her. In the title story, an actress in a grade-B theatrical company falls for an odd, possibly psychotic lawyer who wants to use her in a complicated revenge and moneymaking scheme. Her only onstage talent is her ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 20, 1989 | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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