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...Arok looks something like an air-conditioning duct on roller skates. But this man of steel can lift 125 lbs. dead weight, bend 45° at the waist and locomote forward or backward at a top speed of 3 m.p.h. Arok can vacuum the rug, take out the trash, serve a tray of Dr. Peppers' (Skora does not drink hard liquor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Illinois: A Better Robot? | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...self-contained," meaning that it has an on-board sanitary system, galley and generator, and is built so that an adult can walk upright from driver's seat to back. Some come with multiple color TVs and air conditioners, CB radios, trash compactors, ice makers, built-in vacuum cleaners, music centers and, in the case of Jim and Dee Foss, a Hammond organ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: The Motor Homers Gather | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

...creatures have thrived on partly digested grain in the manure, and this year their numbers have suddenly got out of control. At night, they seek shelter in farmhouses, boring holes in the walls and hiding in bedding and curtains. The only way to combat them is with brooms and vacuum cleaners. Says Mrs. James Dow Jr. of Turner: "I vacuum piles of beetles every day and toss them into my wood stove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Grasshopper Invasion | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...teacher can teach in a moral vacuum. It doesn't matter how high you score on the test or how many degrees you have or how much tenure you have if you come to school as late as you can, leave as early as you can, make as much as you can, and then sit on your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quotations from a Spellbinder | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

...best movies tend to be an acquired taste. Cat and Mouse is his best film in a long while, but like A Man and a Woman and Happy New Year, it only works on its own sentimental terms. Look for deeper, darker meanings and you'll discover a vacuum. Luckily, Lelouch makes it easy for an audience to succumb to his fluff. His sincerity is so complete and his style so lyrical that all but the terminally cynical can suspend disbelief and enlist in the joyride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Joyride | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

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