Seeming as benign as Casper the Friendly Ghost, these gleaming, motorized white forms welcomed visitors to the Pepsi-Cola Pavilion at the Expo '70 in Osaka.

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He typed in the name Gerhard Casper, and instead of getting results for Casper the Friendly Ghost, as he did on AltaVista, up popped links to Gerhard Casper the president of Stanford.

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In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.

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