Word: automaton
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...heartburn or reflux medicine can remove the feeling! The man never recognizes anyone for a job well done, yet he never yells at anyone for screwing up. He rarely ever cracks a smile or laughs, but he doesn't yell. It's almost like he's a robot, an automaton that lives to sit in his office and go over minute details of things people will never see or read. He's not married, doesn't have any children, and he has no interest in knowing the names of anyone's spouses or children. I'm not sure if there...
...Hillary hasn’t “found herself,” Morris writes impatiently).With sweeping assertions like, “Hillary Clinton has always wanted to be the first woman president of the United States,” Morris paints a picture of a power-hungry automaton with few scruples and no heart.In contrast, “Condi Clubs,” harnessing the grassroots power of the Internet, will draft our disinterested and morally immaculate secretary of state for the job. “In the end,” Morris writes...
...What has begun to concern me a little bit is Judge Roberts the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts the man,” she said. “But I do expect to know a little bit more about how you feel and how you think...
...longer conscious of his acts…He is no longer himself, but has become an automaton who has ceased to be guided by his will...
...faces of computer-created characters, as was done with Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. "There's a real natural human element that I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised by," says Smith. Maybe it's time for a new Oscar category--Best Supporting Automaton...