Then I hung out with Scott Hassan and his robots in Menlo Park, California last May.

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"Of course I was surprised when I didn't receive it, " said Hassan.

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"I'm naturally a builder, not a seller, " Hassan told reporters after the shareholder meeting had ended.

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"I'm quite sure nobody had bad intentions, " says Hassan, 62.

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"I saw tourists catching fire and they were jumping from the balloon, " said Hassan Abdel-Rasoul, a farmer in al-Dhabaa.

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"I've played abroad in Greece and Switzerland, but I would also like to have played in Germany, Italy or Spain, " said Hassan.

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"I think we should be very careful about trying to change established medical practice, " says FredHassanFred Hassan, Schering-Plough's chief executive.

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"I think we should be very careful about trying to change established medical practice, " says Fred Hassan , Schering-Plough's chief executive.

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