Word: salarywomen
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While Aibo is a hit in Japan among companionship-starved salarywomen, it sells best to techie guys in the U.S. That doesn't surprise Calkins. "Most normal Americans are still afraid of machines," he says. "But the Japanese are far more comfortable letting robots into their homes." For her part, Fionne seems pretty relaxed about the hyperkinetic puppy scuttling about her turf - even when Gibson begins flashing his angry red eyes. While Calkins whips a remote control out of his trench coat and frantically fingers the buttons, trying to appease his irate robot, Fionne yawns, stretches out and settles down...
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