Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confidence of Tuck's skeptical girlfriend (Meg Ryan). If Tuck has anything to do with it, Jack will find all the resources he needs right inside him. And his arrogant little friend, who is fond of gazing in the mirror and saying, "The Tuck Pendelton machine -- zero defects," may learn how to be a mensch...
...Innerspace machine. Zero defects. Strap yourself inside it, blast off and have a great time...
...promised." Many companies discovered that buying an industrial robot was only the first, and least expensive, step in automating their factories. Says Carnegie- Mellon's Reddy: "Suddenly they needed experts in computer science, communications and database technology. The number of people in factories with this expertise is probably zero." Adds Warren Seering, professor of mechanical engineering at M.I.T.: "In general, robots are much more expensive than people...
...such survey, conducted by the U.S. Information Agency in late May, found that in Britain, France and West Germany, overwhelming majorities believe the U.S.S.R. deserves more credit than the U.S. for progress in arms control. Most respondents even believe, erroneously, that the Soviets originated the "zero option" proposal for eliminating mediumrange missiles in Europe...
...child's reaction to the stranger than on its attitude toward the returning mother. Some initial results were unsettling. Day-care children were more likely to remain anxious even after the parent had come back. Some actively avoided their mother. Last September in a report published in the journal Zero to Three, Belsky reversed his earlier position. He concluded that babies who spend more than 20 hours a week in nonmaternal care during the first year of life risk having an "insecure attachment" to their mothers. He pointed to evidence that such children are more likely to become uncooperative...