waldo

/wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942. Now known by the more generic term "telefactoring", this technology is of intense interest to NASA for tasks like space station maintenance.

2. At Harvard (particularly by Tom Cheatham and students), this is used instead of foobar as a metasyntactic variable and general nonsense word. See foo, bar, foobar, quux.

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Byddwn yn dadorchuddio plac gwybodaeth am fywyd a gwaith Waldo yn Oriel y Parc, Tyddewi nos Wener, Medi 27 eleni.

Western Mail letters: Thursday, August 8, 2019; Your letters to the national newspaper of Wales

The couple had adopted Waldo in April from the same litter as their other dog Porky Basquiat.

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas get matching tattoos in tribute to their dead dog; The Alaskan Klee Kai was struck by a car on Friday in Manhattan after breaking free from his leash

They added to their brood with Waldo, who was kocked down on Wednesday in Manhattan, New York.

Game star dog killed

"Waldo" is Agriculture Undersecretary Waldo Carpio, who was also mentioned in the video as being part of the supposed illegal drug ring.

Paolo Duterte denies involvement in illegal drug trade

Waldo Carpio is the brother of lawyer Manases Carpio, Pulong's brother-in-law and husband of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Paolo Duterte denies getting kickbacks from drug syndicates

Next, I showed the jury the picture in which Waldo was grossly obvious.

Where's Waldo? What's malpractice?

Waldo says his answer to the question in the song is, "I believe a desire for adventure, a desire to contribute to a better world, to connect east and west, and a desire to accomplish my dreams of music and performance are all major factors as to why I am here."

Wu Feng and Dallas Waldo release video 'Taiwan is my Home'

Creatively called 'There's Waldo,' the robot features a camera, a metal arm and a rubber hand.

This robot can find Waldo before you can, thanks to AI

Waldo, the first officer to arrive, carefully approached from the passenger's side and started speaking to the driver.

'They all deserved to be honored'

She does very little to hide her relationship, purposely parading her paramour around Waldo as if to punish him.

The Nothing

Un wael am bacio ydw i, a'r funud olaf, gafaelais mewn pentwr o lyfrau taith, 'Dail Pren', 'Bro a Bywyd Waldo' a 'Swyn Sir Benfro'.

Meiddio gobeithio ar wyliau ym mro Waldo; Angharad Tomos

Bangor, ME, May 04, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The Waldo County Republicans Spring Fling Dinner and Silent Auction will be held Wed, May 18th, from 5pm to 8pm at the Waldo County Shrine Club, 85 Northport Ave, Belfast.

Spring Fling Dinner Fundraiser