Clearing a path to the market soon will be the Winbot 7, a compact machine billed by manufacturer Ecovacs Robotics as the first full-service window-washing robot.
Its terrain is window-dressing in the service of a strictly scripted guided tour of a story.
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The window-cleaning division of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, one of the largest unions, counts 800 members.
People used to be able to roll up their windows manually, but now a stuck window means a trip to the service station, he complained.
They either used a car-broking service or did their window shopping and price comparisons on the Internet and used a broker to line up a local deal.
Digital terrestrial is likely to act as a shop window for its pay-TV satellite service and drive more viewers towards BSkyB.
With wall and window units, ask in advance about the price of service calls, labor and any parts.
Tech and financial service companies are also pulling for a second "window" to allow them to dispute patents once a patent infringement suit is filed, something that would've probably aided RIM in their recent fight.
If the employee doesn't leap into action within a 60-day window and deposit that money into a new plan or IRA, the Internal Revenue Service will assess early-withdrawal penalties.
But the tour, a rare window into an otherwise closed community, included a fascinating peek at a morning prayer service and a visit with Hasidic scribes penning elegant scrolls with turkey feathers, not to mention kosher lunch at Mendy's deli.
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The Relay service offers free pickup from designated locations where shoppers pick a day and window of hours to go get their goods (the most central in Washington to date has been its stop between Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle, with a few in the suburbs).
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The window of just minutes is unlikely to be met by even the most intrepid emergency medical service.
Customer service managers chat through a tin can phone and finance staffers smile at one another through a ticket window.
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