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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cantabrigians, angry because trucks use residential streets as shortcuts around congested highways, said they saw the unanimous council vote as a victory for the city...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Council Votes to Ban Trucks in Harvard Square | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Scarborough retorts that Kazmierazak was not a paid nanny. "She's someone who is devoted to the child," he said. "She is someone who is known to her as Mom." At least she was the last time she saw Zoey--about 18 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zoey Had Two Moms | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...everyone got the joke immediately, including the guy Myers brought in to direct. "The first time I read the script and saw Mike do it, I wondered if it was going to work," admits Jay Roach. "I wasn't a big fan of that level of camp, so it took a while for me to get it. Since then, many people have told me they didn't get it, either, until they shared the viewing experience with their kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Austin's Power | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...always wanted a robot. So many drudge jobs in my life--doing the dishes, making coffee, harassing office neighbor Joel Stein--could just as easily be relegated to an R2D2-like servant. Until recently, though, the only robots I ever saw were in movies or, worse, in those spacecraft that carry aliens who abduct you and prod you with metallic objects that leave no visible scars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Real R2D2? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...robot rolled out my door, hung a left and cruised down the hall about 50 ft. to Stein's office, where it made another left and entered. A few seconds later a short, high-pitched scream (not robotic) indicated that Cye had found its mark. Upon inspection, I saw Stein standing on his sofa. "I fear it," he said, pointing at the orange robot. After Cye mastered the Steinway ("learning" the placement of walls and natural barriers, such as piles of discarded newspapers), I could automatically recall it to my office. From then on, it was a simple task...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Real R2D2? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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