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    :: Sunday, January 23, 2005 ::

    Wasilla man constructing 18-foot-tall not-a-robot By RACHEL D'ORO, AP, Juneau Empire, AK
    When it's all done, he'll have a walking exoskeleton that will make him stronger than a grizzly bear, he said. So what if this is the stuff of science fiction fantasies?

    "I'm 110 percent positive this will work," the soft-spoken apprentice ironworker said during a recent break from the all-consuming project taking shape in his parent's back yard. "Failure is not an option. I have no choice but to do this. If I don't do it, I will explode."
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