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0.59 (nese Imperial Navy staged a vi-) 90 642.3 P
2.05 (cious and very effective attack) 90 631.3 P
0.38 (on the United States Naval base) 90 620.3 P
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(s from the local university where ) 238.71 412.64 T
(both men worked. Dean was a fore-) 230.94 400.64 T
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(t think he ) 325.97 340.64 T
(could handle it and could he come ) 230.94 328.64 T
(over and have Marv take a look at it?) 230.94 316.64 T
(Marvin told him about half an ) 248.94 304.64 T
(hour) 230.94 292.64 T
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(ell, everything was goin\325 just ) 420.96 701.33 T
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(thing. I\325m really worried that I ) 389.88 509.33 T
(screwed something up.\323) 389.88 497.33 T
(\322Bring her in,\323 said Marvin. ) 407.88 485.33 T
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-0.72 (e\325ll put her up on the jack and have ) 402.96 473.33 P
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(rage stall and guided him in. When ) 389.88 437.33 T
(Marv was satis\336ed with the align-) 389.88 425.33 T
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-0.79 (, like ) 519.09 401.33 P
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(ging from an egg case of red ) 409.68 377.33 T
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(the worse for it-- everything still ) 72 677.33 T
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(.) 139.34 665.33 T
-0.28 (\322I\325m gonna get my air chisel and ) 90 653.33 P
(open up the hole a little so\325) 72 641.33 T
(s we can ) 180.27 641.33 T
-0.29 (take the damned thing out,\323 said Mar-) 72 629.33 P
(vin, showing some of his frustration. ) 72 617.33 T
(\322Maybe the Nissan dealer can just ) 72 605.33 T
(give us a new one.\323) 72 593.33 T
(A couple of minutes work with ) 90 581.33 T
(the air chisel and Marvin was able to ) 72 569.33 T
(remove the mystery part. He discon-) 72 557.33 T
(nected a black electrical lead and ) 72 545.33 T
-0.53 (emer) 72 533.33 P
-0.53 (ged triumphantly from under the ) 91.8 533.33 P
(car) 72 521.33 T
(, handing the prize to Dean, who ) 83.8 521.33 T
(took it gingerly) 72 509.33 T
(. The two men then ) 132.99 509.33 T
(piled into Marvin\325) 72 497.33 T
(s 1974 Ford L) 144.74 497.33 T
(TD ) 200.18 497.33 T
(Station wagon and headed of) 72 485.33 T
(f, in ) 187.85 485.33 T
-0.24 (plush and smooth V) 72 473.33 P
-0.24 (-8 comfort, to the ) 150.61 473.33 P
(Nissan dealer) 72 461.33 T
(.) 125.57 461.33 T
(An hour later they were back, as ) 90 449.33 T
(confused as ever) 72 437.33 T
(. The Nissan parts ) 138.05 437.33 T
(man had never seen anything like it ) 72 425.33 T
(and he\325d been in the business for ) 72 413.33 T
-0.6 (more than twenty years. They had left ) 72 401.33 P
(with the man chuckling after them, ) 72 389.33 T
(convinced that they were trying to ) 72 377.33 T
(play some kind of elaborate joke on ) 72 365.33 T
(him.) 72 353.33 T
-0 (\322Let\325) 90 341.33 P
-0 (s open the sonofabitch up,\323 ) 110.54 341.33 P
-0.77 (said Dean, after they were again in the ) 72 329.33 P
-0.84 (garage. \322It\325) 72 317.33 P
-0.84 (s for damned sure wrecked ) 116.12 317.33 P
-0.77 (and the car still works \336ne. What have ) 72 305.33 P
(we got to lose?\323) 72 293.34 T
-0.04 (\322Hand me that pliers,\323 said Mar-) 90 281.34 P
(vin.) 72 269.34 T
-0.17 (The \322thing\323 was slender canister ) 90 257.34 P
-0.11 (about six inches long and one inch in ) 72 245.34 P
(diameter) 72 233.34 T
(. Dean\325) 106.42 233.34 T
(s drill had hit it near ) 135.29 233.34 T
(one end-- from the side. A couple of ) 72 221.34 T
(thin copper wires hung loosely from ) 72 209.34 T
(the rather jagged hole. Marv peeled ) 72 197.34 T
(back the thin metal skin of the canis-) 72 185.34 T
(ter with the pliers to expose the in-) 72 173.34 T
-0.44 (nards of the strange device. After \336ve ) 72 161.34 P
(minutes of intense concentration, it ) 72 149.34 T
(lay disassembled on the workbench.) 72 137.34 T
(It was really quite simple. There ) 90 125.34 T
-0.88 (was a small cylinder about four inches ) 72 113.34 P
-0.52 (long, covered with paper) 72 101.34 P
-0.52 (. Dean\325) 169.26 101.34 P
-0.52 (s drill ) 197.6 101.34 P
-0.61 (bit had severed the wires that connect-) 72 89.34 P
(ed it to a tiny bundle of electronic ) 72 77.34 T
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(\322Y) 248.94 701.33 T
(ou ever take a radio apart, ) 259.6 701.33 T
-0.73 (Marv?\323 asked Dean. \322I ain\325) 230.94 689.33 P
-0.73 (t no expert ) 338.01 689.33 P
-0.25 (but that thing looks like some kind of ) 230.94 677.33 P
(transmitter) 230.94 665.33 T
(.\323) 273.7 665.33 T
(\322Could be,\323 said Marvin. \322Look ) 248.94 653.33 T
(at this, the little paper cylinder has ) 230.94 641.33 T
(some kind of plastic goop in it.\323) 230.94 629.33 T
-0.33 (Their eyes met and grew lar) 248.94 617.33 P
-0.33 (ge as ) 358.96 617.33 P
(the suddenly obvious truth occurred ) 230.94 605.33 T
(to both men at the same time.) 230.94 593.33 T
(\322That thing is a God-damned ) 248.94 581.33 T
(bomb!\323 said Dean, backing quickly ) 230.94 569.33 T
(away from the workbench, his voice ) 230.94 557.33 T
(quavering.) 230.94 545.33 T
(\322What\325ve you been doing lately) 248.94 533.33 T
(, ) 375.97 533.33 T
-0.38 (Dean?\323 asked Marvin, taking the hint ) 230.94 521.33 P
-0.05 (and backing away too. He shifted his ) 230.94 509.33 P
(gaze back and forth between the de-) 230.94 497.33 T
(vice and his friend. \322Runnin\325 drugs? ) 230.94 485.33 T
-0.53 (Messin\325 with the Ma\336a? By God, you ) 230.94 473.33 P
(must have pissed somebody of) 230.94 461.33 T
(f!\323) 353.46 461.33 T
(\322I swear to God I haven\325) 248.94 449.33 T
(t done ) 347.84 449.33 T
-0.49 (nothing like that,\323 said Dean. \322This is ) 230.94 437.33 P
-0.31 (really weird, Marv) 230.94 425.33 P
-0.31 (. It\325) 304.33 425.33 P
-0.31 (s gotta be some ) 317.9 425.33 P
-0.62 (kind of mistake.\323 He looked pleading-) 230.94 413.33 P
(ly at his friend. \322Marv) 230.94 401.33 T
(, what are we ) 319.39 401.33 T
(gonna do?\323) 230.94 389.33 T
(\322I don\325) 248.94 377.33 T
(t know! Let me think a ) 277.35 377.33 T
(minute!\323 said Marvin. He went cau-) 230.94 365.33 T
(tiously back up to the device and, ) 230.94 353.33 T
(without touching it, studied it for a ) 230.94 341.33 T
-0.2 (few minutes. \322There\325) 230.94 329.33 P
-0.2 (s only one thing ) 315.2 329.33 P
(to do,\323 he said. \322W) 230.94 317.33 T
(e need someone ) 306.75 317.33 T
(who knows somethin\325 about bombs. ) 230.94 305.33 T
(Let\325) 230.94 293.34 T
(s call the Captain.\323) 247.04 293.34 T
(\322Y) 248.94 281.34 T
(eah!\323 said Dean, with relief. ) 259.6 281.34 T
(\322The Captain. He\325ll know what to ) 230.94 269.34 T
(do!\323) 230.94 257.34 T
(E. W) 248.94 245.34 T
(. Strang, the Captain, lived ) 268.56 245.34 T
-0.41 (only a couple of blocks away) 230.94 233.34 P
-0.41 (. He was ) 345.1 233.34 P
-0.9 (also associated with the university--as ) 230.94 221.34 P
(an ROTC of) 230.94 209.34 T
(\336cer) 280.17 209.34 T
(. He and Marv and ) 297.39 209.34 T
-0.16 (Dean were avid football fans. In fact, ) 230.94 197.34 P
(they often sat together on the forty-) 230.94 185.34 T
(yard line at the university\325) 230.94 173.34 T
(s home ) 335.88 173.34 T
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-0.35 (friends in the \336rst place. Strang was a ) 230.94 149.34 P
(man with an interesting, one might ) 230.94 137.34 T
-0.45 (even say fascinating, past. Before get-) 230.94 125.34 P
(ting involved in college life he had ) 230.94 113.34 T
(served in \324Nam where his area of ex-) 230.94 101.34 T
-0.6 (pertise had been in that of E.O.D. \050Ex-) 230.94 89.34 P
(plosives and Ordinance Disposal\051-- ) 230.94 77.34 T
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(unexploded shells for a living! He ) 389.88 701.33 T
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-0.04 (t actually disarmed any live or-) 412.46 689.33 P
-0.67 (dinance lately but he still had the steel ) 389.88 677.33 P
(nerves and sure \336ngers required. ) 389.88 665.33 T
(W) 389.88 653.33 T
(ell, at least he was pretty sure he ) 398.52 653.33 T
-0.56 (still did. The experience had prepared ) 389.88 641.33 P
(him well for his present career) 389.88 629.33 T
(--after ) 511.53 629.33 T
(disarming bombs and such, almost ) 389.88 617.33 T
(any kind of job would have been a ) 389.88 605.33 T
(snap!) 389.88 593.33 T
(Strang was there in just under ) 407.88 581.33 T
(\336ve minutes. T) 389.88 569.33 T
(rim, athletic and all-) 449.78 569.33 T
-0.53 (business, he had a military look about ) 389.88 557.33 P
(him-- even in casual clothing. He ) 389.88 545.33 T
(stood ramrod straight with his short, ) 389.88 533.33 T
(dark hair neatly combed and parted. ) 389.88 521.33 T
-0.18 (The red sport shirt he was wearing \336t ) 389.88 509.33 P
(him perfectly--so perfectly that it ) 389.88 497.33 T
(looked brand new) 389.88 485.33 T
(, like it had just ) 460.85 485.33 T
(come of) 389.88 473.33 T
(f the rack and even his faded ) 422.18 473.33 T
(blue jeans had a knife-edge crease ) 389.88 461.33 T
(down the front. He cautiously ap-) 389.88 449.33 T
(proached the device on Marvin\325) 389.88 437.33 T
(s ) 517.01 437.33 T
(work bench.) 389.88 425.33 T
-0.75 (\322It\325) 407.88 413.33 P
-0.75 (s a bomb,\323 he declared, after a ) 421.21 413.33 P
(brief examination. \322But don\325) 389.88 401.33 T
(t worry) 505.18 401.33 T
(, ) 533.67 401.33 T
-0.21 (it\325) 389.88 389.33 P
-0.21 (s safe, probably has been since you ) 398.22 389.33 P
(cut the red wire. Besides that black ) 389.88 377.33 T
(lead has to hook up to a battery of ) 389.88 365.33 T
(some kind. Where the hell did you ) 389.88 353.33 T
(guys get this?\323) 389.88 341.33 T
(\322Y) 407.88 329.33 T
(ou ain\325) 418.54 329.33 T
(t gonna believe this, ) 446.39 329.33 T
(Cap\325n, but we found it in my car) 389.88 317.33 T
(.\323 ) 519.8 317.33 T
(said Dean, still obviously shaken.) 389.88 305.33 T
(\322It\325) 407.88 293.34 T
(s a nice piece of work,\323 said ) 421.21 293.34 T
(the Captain. \322This little cylinder is a ) 389.88 281.34 T
(char) 389.88 269.34 T
(ge of plastique explosive. That ) 406.9 269.34 T
-0.35 (other thing is a receiver) 389.88 257.34 P
-0.35 (. Just a simple ) 482.28 257.34 P
(radio signal and kaboom! Y) 389.88 245.34 T
(ou\325re his-) 500.47 245.34 T
-0.31 (tory) 389.88 233.34 P
-0.31 (. What\325ve you been doing, Dean? ) 405.34 233.34 P
-0.44 (Y) 389.88 221.34 P
-0.44 (ou must have pissed somebody of) 396.1 221.34 P
-0.44 (f!\323) 528.91 221.34 P
(Dean just shook his head and ) 407.88 209.34 T
(looked even more miserable.) 389.88 197.34 T
(\322Maybe not,\323 said Marvin, his ) 407.88 185.34 T
(voice muf) 389.88 173.34 T
(\337ed.) 429.95 173.34 T
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-0.84 (the sound of his voice, \336nally noticing ) 389.88 149.34 P
(that Marvin\325) 389.88 137.34 T
(s legs were sticking out ) 439.58 137.34 T
(from under the car again.) 389.88 125.34 T
-0.6 (\322I\325ve been thinkin\325. The way that ) 407.88 113.34 P
(thing was buried in the frame here, ) 389.88 101.34 T
-0.32 (someone would\325ve had to go to a hell ) 389.88 89.34 P
(of a lot of trouble to put it there. No, ) 389.88 77.34 T
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(s ) 213.85 713.33 T
(more likely the damned thing was ) 72 701.33 T
-0.23 (built into the car) 72 689.33 P
-0.23 (, right from the facto-) 136.71 689.33 P
(ry!\323 He crawled out from under the ) 72 677.33 T
-0.16 (car) 72 665.33 P
-0.16 (, stood up and looked around for a ) 83.8 665.33 P
(rag to wipe his hands. He found one, ) 72 653.33 T
-0.16 (but from the looks of it, it was highly ) 72 641.33 P
(unlikely that his hands would be any ) 72 629.33 T
-0.29 (cleaner after contact with it. Seeming ) 72 617.33 P
-0.5 (not to notice, he wiped his hands with ) 72 605.33 P
(it anyway) 72 593.33 T
(.) 110.49 593.33 T
(\322Why would they want to do ) 90 581.33 T
-0.25 (somethin\325 like that to my car?\323 asked ) 72 569.33 P
(Dean, with a puzzled frown.) 72 557.33 T
(\322I don\325) 90 545.33 T
(t know anything about ) 118.4 545.33 T
(why) 72 533.33 T
(, but whoever put it there sure ) 88.56 533.33 T
(picked a perfect spot,\323 said Marvin. ) 72 521.33 T
(\322That thing was only inches away ) 72 509.33 T
(from the gas tank and the rear brake ) 72 497.33 T
(lines. If that bomb had gone of) 72 485.33 T
(f, the ) 194.79 485.33 T
(tank and the brakes would\325ve both ) 72 473.33 T
(gone with it. Y) 72 461.33 T
(our car would\325ve be-) 130.97 461.33 T
(come a \337aming runaway) 72 449.33 T
(. Not some-) 169.89 449.33 T
(thing I\325d care to be in out on the ) 72 437.33 T
(freeway!\323) 72 425.33 T
(\322No shit, Marv) 90 413.33 T
(,\323 said the Cap-) 149.59 413.33 T
(tain, getting into the game. \322She\325d ) 72 401.33 T
(have been a handful on the freeway ) 72 389.33 T
(but, make no mistake, that bomb ) 72 377.33 T
(would\325ve raised a lot of hell even if ) 72 365.33 T
(the car was just innocently parked in ) 72 353.33 T
(the garage!\323) 72 341.33 T
(\322God-damned foreign-built ) 90 329.33 T
-0.05 (junk!\323 spat Marvin. \322W) 72 317.33 P
-0.05 (ouldn\325) 165.98 317.33 P
-0.05 (t sur-) 191.89 317.33 P
-0.33 (prise me if all them God-damned Nis-) 72 305.33 P
(sans had bombs in them!\323) 72 293.34 T
(\322C\325mon, Marv!\323 said Dean, \322I ) 90 281.34 T
(know you ain\325) 72 269.34 T
(t got a high regard for ) 129.56 269.34 T
(Japanese cars, but that\325) 72 257.34 T
(s ridiculous--) 164.15 257.34 T
(Even a little sick!\323) 72 245.34 T
-0.5 (\322W) 90 233.34 P
-0.5 (ell, why don\325) 103.07 233.34 P
-0.5 (t we just \336nd out ) 154.92 233.34 P
(if I\325m right?\323 said Marvin.) 72 221.34 T
(\322And how are you gonna do ) 90 209.34 T
(that?\323 asked Dean.) 72 197.34 T
-0.39 (\322There\325) 90 185.34 P
-0.39 (s another Sentra right out ) 120.52 185.34 P
(there in the street,\323 replied Marvin, ) 72 173.34 T
-0.65 (\322Let\325) 72 161.34 P
-0.65 (s bring it in and see if it\325) 92.54 161.34 P
-0.65 (s got one ) 185.46 161.34 P
(of those things in it too.\323) 72 149.34 T
(The other two men agreed that ) 90 137.34 T
(the idea sounded pretty good.) 72 125.34 T
-0.84 (They immediately drove the little ) 90 113.34 P
(car into the garage, jacked it up and ) 72 101.34 T
(carefully opened up an inspection ) 72 89.34 T
(hole in the same spot on the frame ) 72 77.34 T
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-0.5 (. T) 272.35 701.33 P
-0.5 (o their horror they found ) 282.25 701.33 P
(an identical device.) 230.94 689.33 T
-0.4 (\322Ain\325) 248.94 677.33 P
-0.4 (t that a son of a bitch!\323 said ) 271.52 677.33 P
-0.2 (Dean, \322Somebody wanna tell me just ) 230.94 665.33 P
(what the hell is going on?\323) 230.94 653.33 T
(\322I don\325) 248.94 641.33 T
(t have a clue,\323 said the ) 277.35 641.33 T
(Captain. \322But it sure looks like trou-) 230.94 629.33 T
-0.78 (ble. If every Nissan in town has one of ) 230.94 617.33 P
-0.05 (those things in it and they start going ) 230.94 605.33 P
(of) 230.94 593.33 T
(f, there\325) 239.09 593.33 T
(s no way that the cops and ) 270.17 593.33 T
(the \336re department could possibly ) 230.94 581.33 T
-0.42 (keep up with all the calls! Jesus, what ) 230.94 569.33 P
(a mess!\323) 230.94 557.33 T
(\322W) 248.94 545.33 T
(ell, what if it ain\325) 262.02 545.33 T
(t just Nis-) 330.96 545.33 T
-0.46 (san,\323 said Marvin, listing the possibil-) 230.94 533.33 P
(ities and ticking them of) 230.94 521.33 T
(f on his ) 327.93 521.33 T
(\336ngers. \322How \324bout T) 230.94 509.33 T
(oyota, Mazda, ) 318.51 509.33 T
-0.43 (Honda, Mitzubishi--all those damned ) 230.94 497.33 P
-0.29 (Jap cars? Listen you guys, how many ) 230.94 485.33 P
(times have you heard about one of ) 230.94 473.33 T
-0.64 (those little cars blowing up when they ) 230.94 461.33 P
(get rear) 230.94 449.33 T
(-ended? If you ask me now) 260.99 449.33 T
(, ) 368.86 449.33 T
(I\325d say it\325) 230.94 437.33 T
(s probably those damned ) 269.25 437.33 T
(bombs going of) 230.94 425.33 T
(f that\325) 293.51 425.33 T
(s the cause of ) 317.11 425.33 T
(it!\323) 230.94 413.33 T
(\322I thought those were Ford Pin-) 248.94 401.33 T
(tos?\323 said Dean.) 230.94 389.33 T
(\322Don\325) 248.94 377.33 T
(t kid yourself,\323 said the ) 273.74 377.33 T
(Captain, \322There\325) 230.94 365.33 T
(s a lot of Japanese ) 297.56 365.33 T
-0.72 (parts, even on American cars. It really ) 230.94 353.33 P
(wouldn\325) 230.94 341.33 T
(t be all that much trouble to ) 264.07 341.33 T
(build in a bomb like this one. If you ) 230.94 329.33 T
(weren\325) 230.94 317.33 T
(t looking for it you\325d never ) 258.51 317.33 T
(\336nd it!\323) 230.94 305.33 T
(\322What the hell have we found?\323 ) 248.94 293.34 T
(asked Dean. Then he scared himself ) 230.94 281.34 T
(even more. \322Holy shit! Captain, do ) 230.94 269.34 T
(you really think they could all be set ) 230.94 257.34 T
(of) 230.94 245.34 T
(f at once?\323) 239.09 245.34 T
(\322Why not?\323 replied the Captain. ) 248.94 233.34 T
(\322They could use a satellite broadcast ) 230.94 221.34 T
(and blanket the whole country!\323) 230.94 209.34 T
-0.95 (\322Can you imagine something like ) 248.94 197.34 P
(the Brooklyn Bridge or the Golden ) 230.94 185.34 T
-0.46 (Gate with twenty-\336ve or thirty out-of-) 230.94 173.34 P
(control, \337aming little Jap cars on ) 230.94 161.34 T
(them?\323 said Marvin. \322The bridge be-) 230.94 149.34 T
-0.25 (comes totally useless in less than two ) 230.94 137.34 P
(minutes!\323) 230.94 125.34 T
-0.06 (\322How about the rush hour traf) 248.94 113.34 P
-0.06 (\336c ) 368.62 113.34 P
-0.63 (in Los Angeles or New Y) 230.94 101.34 P
-0.63 (ork or any of ) 329.19 101.34 P
(our major cities?\323 said the Captain. ) 230.94 89.34 T
-0.09 (\322That would slow up the traf) 230.94 77.34 P
-0.09 (\336c a bit! ) 345.51 77.34 P
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-0.68 (reening out of control, \336res in garages ) 389.88 701.33 P
(and parking lots and service stations-) 389.88 689.33 T
-0.64 (-the entire country would be in chaos! ) 389.88 677.33 P
(W) 389.88 665.33 T
(e\325d be helpless!\323) 398.52 665.33 T
(The announcer on Marv\325) 407.88 653.33 T
(s coun-) 506.97 653.33 T
-0.33 (try-western station broke in on a Mer-) 389.88 641.33 P
-0.05 (le Haggard song with a late-breaking ) 389.88 629.33 P
(news headline. He was laughing so ) 389.88 617.33 T
(hard he could barely read it.) 389.88 605.33 T
(\322This just in from W) 407.88 593.33 T
(ashington. ) 490.37 593.33 T
(Ha Ha!\323 said the announcer) 389.88 581.33 T
(, \322The ) 500.49 581.33 T
(Japanese ambassador has just deliv-) 389.88 569.33 T
(ered an ultimatum \050chuckle\051. If the ) 389.88 557.33 T
(United States Government doesn\325) 389.88 545.33 T
(t ) 524.89 545.33 T
(immediately begin proceedings to ) 389.88 533.33 T
-0.25 (turn over the rule of the country to Ja-) 389.88 521.33 P
(pan, they will begin to take action.\323) 389.88 509.33 T
(\322And we thought Pearl Harbor ) 407.88 497.33 T
(was a Japanese sneak attack!\323 said ) 389.88 485.33 T
-0.4 (Dean, shaking his head. \322It ain\325) 389.88 473.33 P
-0.4 (t noth-) 514.02 473.33 P
(in\325 compared to what this is gonna ) 389.88 461.33 T
(be!\323) 389.88 449.33 T
(\322Y) 407.88 437.33 T
(eah,\323 said the Captain, \322This ) 418.54 437.33 T
(time it\325ll be a sneak attack on the ) 389.88 425.33 T
(roads that carry the very lifeblood of ) 389.88 413.33 T
(our nation, sort of a...\325Pearl High-) 389.88 401.33 T
(way\325!\323 Gentlemen, say good-bye to ) 389.88 389.33 T
(our much vaunted transportation sys-) 389.88 377.33 T
(tem!\323) 389.88 365.33 T
-0.72 (The broadcast was interrupted by ) 407.88 353.33 P
-0.42 (a pause while the announcer regained ) 389.88 341.33 P
(control of himself. The three friends ) 389.88 329.33 T
(looked at one another) 389.88 317.33 T
(. None of them ) 475.66 317.33 T
(felt much like laughing. They didn\325) 389.88 305.33 T
(t ) 531.84 305.33 T
(share the announcer) 389.88 293.34 T
(\325) 470.18 293.34 T
(s scepticism ei-) 472.96 293.34 T
-0.13 (ther) 389.88 281.34 P
-0.13 (. They quickly moved both of the ) 404.88 281.34 P
(little Jap cars a safe distance away ) 389.88 269.34 T
(from Marv\325) 389.88 257.34 T
(s garage and waited ex-) 436.24 257.34 T
(pectantly for the action to begin. It ) 389.88 245.34 T
(was not an overlong wait.) 389.88 233.34 T
-0.14 (\322Kaawump!\323 The little blue Sen-) 407.88 221.34 P
-0.52 (tra sedan went up in searing, smoking ) 389.88 209.34 P
(blast of yellow \337ame. \322Kaawump! ) 389.88 197.34 T
(Kaawump!\323 The red RX-7 down the ) 389.88 185.34 T
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(. ) 187.21 485.33 T
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(vious, I missed it completely) 72 389.33 T
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(t listed, and she is about the ) 95.69 185.34 T
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(t really matter; the ) 129.28 161.34 T
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(ation of researchers had encountered ) 389.88 593.33 T
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(the discrepancies between what they ) 389.88 521.33 T
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(skills necessary to follow up on their ) 389.88 293.34 T
(suspicions. This is part of the funda-) 389.88 281.34 T
(mental nature of research. Y) 389.88 269.34 T
(ou damn ) 502.39 269.34 T
(well can\325) 389.88 257.34 T
(t solve everything, so some ) 426.61 257.34 T
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-0.09 (s ) 533.71 221.34 P
(just an occupational hazard. The re-) 389.88 209.34 T
(searchers were doing the best they ) 389.88 197.34 T
(could at the time.) 389.88 185.34 T
(James Alton was, naturally) 407.88 173.34 T
(, ) 515.49 173.34 T
(aware of these problems. What had ) 389.88 161.34 T
(never struck him, though, was how ) 389.88 149.34 T
(one particular problem, the so-called ) 389.88 137.34 T
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(\336ed all attempts at solution by some ) 389.88 101.34 T
(of the biggest names in the \336eld.) 389.88 89.34 T
(He received a nasty shock when ) 407.88 77.34 T
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(detail at the time, but it had proven ) 72 665.33 T
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(ally had encountered the Error That ) 72 605.33 T
(W) 72 593.33 T
(ouldn\325) 80.64 593.33 T
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(tance.) 72 557.33 T
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(what the inability of his methods to ) 72 437.33 T
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(reason, he believed, that the problem ) 72 413.33 T
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(, it\325) 135.46 137.34 T
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(geometry) 72 125.34 T
(.) 109.1 125.34 T
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-0.13 (t follow ) 188.5 113.34 P
(that analogy) 72 101.34 T
(. It doesn\325) 120.48 101.34 T
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(. There ) 190.82 101.34 T
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(, or ) 359.32 713.33 T
(not quite forever? Can you specify ) 230.94 701.33 T
(both where a particle is and how fast ) 230.94 689.33 T
(it is moving exactly) 230.94 677.33 T
(, or not quite ex-) 309.42 677.33 T
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(among other things. The lesson for ) 230.94 605.33 T
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-0.42 (errors ) 230.94 581.33 P
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(what happens to the poor sap who ) 230.94 569.33 T
(missed it?) 230.94 557.33 T
(In the case of Professor Alton, ) 248.94 545.33 T
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(soul searching, he decided to center ) 230.94 521.33 T
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(perbolic Singularity Problem with ) 230.94 497.33 T
(Smale methods. He hated to call at-) 230.94 485.33 T
(tention to the problem, but his basic ) 230.94 473.33 T
(honesty tragically won through. He ) 230.94 461.33 T
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-0.46 (false tries and a desperate plea \050if you ) 230.94 437.33 P
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(using his methods.) 230.94 413.33 T
(As luck would have it, his paper ) 248.94 401.33 T
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-0.03 (morning of the last day of the confer-) 230.94 377.33 P
(ence. Immediately preceeding was ) 230.94 365.33 T
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(make history) 230.94 341.33 T
(.) 282.2 341.33 T
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(cent lighting glowed from above, ) 230.94 257.34 T
(casting few shadows on the amber ) 230.94 245.34 T
(carpeting. In front, a slide projector ) 230.94 233.34 T
(and an overhead projector both ) 230.94 221.34 T
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(felt that the silence was deafening, ) 230.94 197.34 T
(and only made worse by the hush of ) 230.94 185.34 T
-0.88 (his colleagues as they entered and saw ) 230.94 173.34 P
-0.7 (him. He tried mightily not to show the ) 230.94 161.34 P
(nervousness that he felt.) 230.94 149.34 T
(He basically succeeded. In reali-) 248.94 137.34 T
(ty) 230.94 125.34 T
(, of course, no one paid him the ) 238.07 125.34 T
(slightest attention. They were far ) 230.94 113.34 T
(more concerned with getting a good ) 230.94 101.34 T
-0.63 (seat for this talk, or discussing the last ) 230.94 89.34 P
(one with a friend, or getting a cup of ) 230.94 77.34 T
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(about his presentation. In this case, ) 389.88 677.33 T
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(.) 516.65 641.33 T
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(sion chairman introduced the \336rst ) 389.88 617.33 T
(speaker) 389.88 605.33 T
(. His rather uninteresting pa-) 419.86 605.33 T
(per concerned a certain extension of ) 389.88 593.33 T
(the known theory into an area about ) 389.88 581.33 T
(which few people cared. This was ) 389.88 569.33 T
(normal, and is another aspect of the ) 389.88 557.33 T
(fundamental nature of research, this ) 389.88 545.33 T
-0.57 (time involving production research to ) 389.88 533.33 P
(\336ll out a resume. The only relevant ) 389.88 521.33 T
(point here is that such events are so ) 389.88 509.33 T
(common that its very familiarity ) 389.88 497.33 T
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-0.1 (few questions afterward, and most of ) 389.88 473.33 P
-0.03 (them were silly) 389.88 461.33 P
-0.03 (. Again, this was nor-) 450.79 461.33 P
(mal.) 389.88 449.33 T
(At nine-thirty) 407.88 437.33 T
(, the chairman in-) 461.92 437.33 T
(troduced Samuel W) 389.88 425.33 T
(are. This was far ) 468.47 425.33 T
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(kind; one of the brilliant young men ) 389.88 401.33 T
(who published little but revealed en-) 389.88 389.33 T
(tire new continents of theory) 389.88 377.33 T
(. W) 504.15 377.33 T
(are ) 517.78 377.33 T
-0.72 (had a knack for knowing exactly what ) 389.88 365.33 P
-0.34 (questions to ask that would challenge ) 389.88 353.33 P
(the current understanding. Speakers ) 389.88 341.33 T
(dreaded seeing him in the audience, ) 389.88 329.33 T
(as his questions usually drove them ) 389.88 317.33 T
(nuts.) 389.88 305.33 T
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(What is genius, anyway? He was of-) 389.88 281.34 T
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(and another person is \336fty times ) 389.88 221.34 T
(smarter than you are, the one person ) 389.88 209.34 T
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-0.67 (t be able to tell them apart is ) 429.29 197.34 P
(you. All you know is that they both ) 389.88 185.34 T
(can blow you away without trying.) 389.88 173.34 T
(W) 407.88 161.34 T
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(body) 389.88 137.34 T
(.) 409.22 137.34 T
-0.54 (Incidentally) 407.88 125.34 P
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(en\325) 389.88 113.34 T
(t plenty of these people around, ) 402.47 113.34 T
(you\325re wrong about that, too. Any ) 389.88 101.34 T
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(spend your entire career trying to ) 72 557.33 T
(work on one of the known unsolved ) 72 545.33 T
(problems, hoping all the while that it ) 72 533.33 T
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(the Samuel W) 72 425.33 T
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(and takes it for himself.) 72 413.33 T
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(\322interesting.\323 He had quickly mas-) 72 365.33 T
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(veloping a new technique that would ) 72 281.34 T
(work.) 72 269.34 T
(Think about what this means. It ) 90 257.34 T
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(guy that has the stuf) 72 233.34 T
(f of legends, at-) 152.33 233.34 T
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(this case \050after all, the problem still ) 230.94 689.33 T
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(is real, and shouldn\325) 230.94 665.33 T
(t be ignored.) 311.82 665.33 T
(Like James Alton, Samuel W) 248.94 653.33 T
(are ) 365.57 653.33 T
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(bolic Singularity Problem. Unlike ) 230.94 629.33 T
(James Alton, Samuel W) 230.94 617.33 T
(are knew ) 326.75 617.33 T
(about Renormalization Group Theo-) 230.94 605.33 T
(ry) 230.94 593.33 T
(.) 238.62 593.33 T
(After his introduction, W) 248.94 581.33 T
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(ceeded to the podium and began his ) 230.94 569.33 T
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(Singularity Problem, Alton sat bolt ) 230.94 545.33 T
(upright in his seat. During W) 230.94 533.33 T
(are\325) 346.74 533.33 T
(s ) 361.72 533.33 T
(subsequent demonstration of the in-) 230.94 521.33 T
(adequacy of Smale methods to solve ) 230.94 509.33 T
(the problem, Alton hardly moved a ) 230.94 497.33 T
(muscle. W) 230.94 485.33 T
(are\325) 272.89 485.33 T
(s formal proof that no ) 287.87 485.33 T
(foreseeable variation on Smale meth-) 230.94 473.33 T
(ods would ever be suf) 230.94 461.33 T
(\336cient caused ) 318.47 461.33 T
(his jaw to drop in astonishment.) 230.94 449.33 T
(W) 248.94 437.33 T
(are continued. \322It is therefore ) 257.58 437.33 T
(fortunate,\323 he said, \322that the recent ) 230.94 425.33 T
(advances in Renormalization Group ) 230.94 413.33 T
(Theory have allowed the following ) 230.94 401.33 T
(reconstruction of the basic prob-) 230.94 389.33 T
(lem...\323) 230.94 377.33 T
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-0.42 (s brow furrowed in puzzle-) 274.49 365.33 P
-0.08 (ment. \324Renormala-who?\325 he thought. ) 230.94 353.33 P
(\324What in the world?\325) 230.94 341.33 T
(\322...and therefore,\323 W) 248.94 329.33 T
(are said, ) 331.95 329.33 T
(sometime later) 230.94 317.33 T
(, \322it can now be seen ) 289.67 317.33 T
(that the imaginary time transform ) 230.94 305.33 T
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-0.29 (that, actually; it removes the singular-) 230.94 281.34 P
-0.13 (ity entirely) 230.94 269.34 P
-0.13 (. The Hyperbolic Singular-) 273.75 269.34 P
(ity Problem no longer exists!) 230.94 257.34 T
(\322If we take these ideas to their ) 248.94 245.34 T
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(the singularities never appear at all. ) 230.94 209.34 T
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-0.17 (, ) 376.23 197.34 P
(the original problems would have ) 230.94 185.34 T
(been developed in this form and the ) 230.94 173.34 T
-0.7 (entire issue would have been resolved ) 230.94 161.34 P
(long ago...\323) 230.94 149.34 T
(He continued in this vein for ) 248.94 137.34 T
-0.29 (some time, but Alton no longer heard ) 230.94 125.34 P
-0.21 (him. His wildest dream and his worst ) 230.94 113.34 P
(nightmare had come true simulta-) 230.94 101.34 T
-0.73 (neously) 230.94 89.34 P
-0.73 (. The problem he had wracked ) 261.39 89.34 P
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(now solved.) 389.88 701.33 T
(In the process, though, all the ) 407.88 689.33 T
-0.56 (work he had done during his entire ca-) 389.88 677.33 P
-0.04 (reer was now made obsolete. Super-) 389.88 665.33 P
(\337uous. Out-dated in the span of half ) 389.88 653.33 T
(an hour) 389.88 641.33 T
(.) 419.59 641.33 T
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(desperately for a \337aw in W) 389.88 617.33 T
(are\325) 497.61 617.33 T
(s rea-) 512.59 617.33 T
(soning, but that led nowhere. He ) 389.88 605.33 T
(didn\325) 389.88 593.33 T
(t know the \336rst thing about ) 410.8 593.33 T
(Renormalization Group Theory) 389.88 581.33 T
(, and ) 515.26 581.33 T
-0.6 (he wasn\325) 389.88 569.33 P
-0.6 (t likely to \336nd an error on the ) 424.9 569.33 P
-0.03 (spot. He did know about the Hyper-) 389.88 557.33 P
(bolic Singularity Problem, however) 389.88 545.33 T
(, ) 532.18 545.33 T
-0.8 (and his years of experience in the \336eld ) 389.88 533.33 P
-0.72 (made him familiar with what form the ) 389.88 521.33 P
(answer must take. W) 389.88 509.33 T
(are\325) 472.91 509.33 T
(s answer ) 487.89 509.33 T
-0.49 (looked right. It felt right. He admitted ) 389.88 497.33 P
(to himself that it was right.) 389.88 485.33 T
(His next thought was to attack ) 407.88 473.33 T
(the intruder) 389.88 461.33 T
(. He quickly scanned the ) 435.69 461.33 T
-0.35 (room, and noticed that W) 389.88 449.33 P
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(tation had left most of those in atten-) 389.88 437.33 T
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(eries are almost invariably made in ) 389.88 389.33 T
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(guf) 230.94 533.33 T
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(what was wrong, and he doubled up ) 230.94 485.33 T
(with laughter and rolled on the \337oor) 230.94 473.33 T
(, ) 374.89 473.33 T
(waving his arms as though begging ) 230.94 461.33 T
(some nonexistent jokester to stop.) 230.94 449.33 T
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(enough to return to his seat, still gig-) 230.94 425.33 T
(gling but under control. The session ) 230.94 413.33 T
(chairman, not knowing what else to ) 230.94 401.33 T
(do, then announced him as the next ) 230.94 389.33 T
(speaker) 230.94 377.33 T
(, which of course set him of) 261.07 377.33 T
(f ) 372.2 377.33 T
(again.) 230.94 365.33 T
(This time he really lost it. He ) 248.94 353.33 T
-0.05 (banged his head against his arms. He ) 230.94 341.33 P
(made outlandish faces at people ) 230.94 329.33 T
(around him. He danced a maniacal ) 230.94 317.33 T
(dance of glee around the room, until ) 230.94 305.33 T
(he \336nally collapsed in exhaustion at ) 230.94 293.34 T
(the podium. He looked out at the ) 230.94 281.34 T
(shocked audience.) 230.94 269.34 T
(\322Paper withdrawn,\323 he said, and ) 248.94 257.34 T
(he left the auditorium.) 230.94 245.34 T
(Samuel W) 248.94 209.34 T
(are found him later) 290.06 209.34 T
(, ) 365.99 209.34 T
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(over the hotel gardens. It was a quiet ) 230.94 185.34 T
(place, and relatively secluded. W) 230.94 173.34 T
(are ) 362.81 173.34 T
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(turbing the older man. W) 230.94 149.34 T
(ith a shrug, ) 331.31 149.34 T
(he came forward.) 230.94 137.34 T
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(looking outside.) 230.94 113.34 T
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-0.6 (tions,\323 he said. \322That was a nice piece ) 230.94 77.34 P
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(are replied. \322I ) 473.42 701.33 T
(appreciate your opinion.\323) 389.88 689.33 T
(Alton dismissed the comment ) 407.88 677.33 T
(with a wave. \322Nice of you to say so, ) 389.88 665.33 T
(but it\325) 389.88 653.33 T
(s hardly necessary) 413.49 653.33 T
(.\323 He chuck-) 486.11 653.33 T
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(what I was talking about. Those ) 389.88 581.33 T
(fools,\323 he said disgustedly) 389.88 569.33 T
(. \322They ) 494.73 569.33 T
(didn\325) 389.88 557.33 T
(t follow me at all. But ) 410.8 557.33 T
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(you) 501.03 557.33 T
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( did. ) 514.01 557.33 T
(I\325m sure of it.\323) 389.88 545.33 T
(\322Y) 407.88 533.33 T
(es, well, like I said, it was a ) 418.54 533.33 T
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(\322Again, thanks.\323 W) 407.88 509.33 T
(are swayed ) 485.91 509.33 T
(from side to side, apparently unsure ) 389.88 497.33 T
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-0.49 (t know exactly how to say ) 435.8 425.33 P
-0.66 (this,\323 W) 389.88 413.33 P
-0.66 (are stammered. \322I always, uh, ) 421.74 413.33 P
(thought that the situation you\325ve set ) 389.88 401.33 T
(up at Cornell was awfully nice. I ) 389.88 389.33 T
(mean, it\325) 389.88 377.33 T
(s very convenient and help-) 424.86 377.33 T
(ful, and you seem to welcome new ) 389.88 365.33 T
(ideas, and---\323) 389.88 353.33 T
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-0.35 (job) 517.53 329.33 P
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-0.39 (?\323 ) 529.02 329.33 P
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(ell, when you come right ) 432.93 293.34 T
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(the Center is the best place in the ) 389.88 269.34 T
(world for nonlinear dynamic re-) 389.88 257.34 T
(search. There\325) 389.88 245.34 T
(s lots of freedom, and ) 446.49 245.34 T
-0.63 (good people there. I sort of hoped you ) 389.88 233.34 P
(might let me come and join.\323) 389.88 221.34 T
(Alton stared at W) 407.88 209.34 T
(are in amaze-) 477.87 209.34 T
(ment. \322Fascinating,\323 he said slowly) 389.88 197.34 T
(. ) 531.37 197.34 T
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(\322Y) 407.88 173.34 T
(ou\325re the best person there,\323 ) 418.54 173.34 T
(W) 389.88 161.34 T
(are said, somewhat surprised. \322Ev-) 398.52 161.34 T
(erybody knows that. The Center ) 389.88 149.34 T
-0.4 (would never turn down your request.\323) 389.88 137.34 P
-0.04 (\322I think you overrate my impor-) 407.88 125.34 P
(tance,\323 Alton said, but he could see ) 389.88 113.34 T
(that W) 389.88 101.34 T
(are plainly didn\325) 416.01 101.34 T
(t believe him. ) 481.89 101.34 T
-0.03 (He shook his head. \322I don\325) 389.88 89.34 P
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(. ) 367.96 641.33 T
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(ton\325) 230.94 593.33 T
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(put his arm around W) 230.94 545.33 T
(are\325) 317.3 545.33 T
(s shoulders ) 332.29 545.33 T
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(the door) 230.94 521.33 T
(, however) 263.57 521.33 T
(, he stopped. \322Oh, ) 302.58 521.33 T
(there\325) 230.94 509.33 T
(s one condition.\323) 253.7 509.33 T
(\322Oh? What is it?\323) 248.94 497.33 T
-0.74 (\322Next time you decide to impress ) 248.94 485.33 P
(me, please let me know about it be-) 230.94 473.33 T
(fore hand, all right?\323) 230.94 461.33 T
(\322Uh, sure,\323 W) 248.94 449.33 T
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(\322Good.\323 He gave W) 407.88 713.33 T
(are an ) 488.12 713.33 T
(amused grin. \322Y) 389.88 701.33 T
(ou know) 454.67 701.33 T
(, in about ) 488.72 701.33 T
(twenty years, you and I are going to ) 389.88 689.33 T
(have to sit down and have a long ) 389.88 677.33 T
(talk.\323) 389.88 665.33 T
(\322Really? What about?\323) 407.88 653.33 T
(Alton smiled. \322The fundamental ) 407.88 641.33 T
(nature of research,\323 he replied, and ) 389.88 629.33 T
-0.03 (led the younger man out into the gar-) 389.88 617.33 P
(den.) 389.88 605.33 T
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0.69 (Ken Kousen is an associate r) 389.88 557.33 P
0.69 (esear) 509.29 557.33 P
0.69 (ch) 530.57 557.33 P
0.98 (engineer at United T) 389.88 545.33 P
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1.39 (sear) 389.88 533.33 P
1.39 (ch Center in East Hartfor) 406.73 533.33 P
1.39 (d, CT) 514.63 533.33 P
1.39 (,) 537.5 533.33 P
1.25 (wher) 389.88 521.33 P
1.25 (e he does not work on fractals,) 409.5 521.33 P
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1.99 (oup theory) 418.44 497.33 P
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0.4 (neither Stephen Smale nor any ar) 389.88 485.33 P
0.4 (ctic) 525.57 485.33 P
-0.6 (terns \050at least, not yet\051. He does like to) 389.88 473.33 P
-0.45 (write though. This is Ken\325) 389.88 461.33 P
-0.45 (s second ap-) 490.93 461.33 P
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(I thought six years away at col-) 90 305.33 T
(lege would see me safely past the ) 72 293.33 T
(preppie threat. Uh-uh. Some bastard ) 72 281.33 T
(went and evolved them into yuppies. ) 72 269.34 T
(Y) 72 257.34 T
(oung, upwardly mobile pinheads--) 78.22 257.34 T
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(fort ) 194.49 89.34 T
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(. ) 359.19 629.33 T
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(t make me the least bit sore, ) 259.63 617.33 T
(though, don\325) 230.94 605.33 T
(t get me wrong--it\325) 281.84 605.33 T
(s just ) 357.07 605.33 T
(that as an engineer) 230.94 593.33 T
(, I hate to see po-) 305.2 593.33 T
(tentially good material made into a ) 230.94 581.33 T
(second rate product.) 230.94 569.33 T
-0.93 (Usually I avoid situations where I ) 248.94 557.33 P
(might have such encounters, such as ) 230.94 545.33 T
(that night\325) 230.94 533.33 T
(s cocktail party I was ) 271.76 533.33 T
(trapped into going to. My favorite ) 230.94 521.33 T
(\050well, only) 230.94 509.33 T
(, but still deserving of the ) 273.6 509.33 T
-0.29 (adjective\051 sister was hosting this one, ) 230.94 497.33 P
(though. Some sort of introduction ) 230.94 485.33 T
(party) 230.94 473.33 T
(. Probably for some completely ) 250.83 473.33 T
(useless geek someone else was con-) 230.94 461.33 T
(vinced was an artist, since she had ) 230.94 449.33 T
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(all the favors I owed her to get me to ) 230.94 425.33 T
(attend. I suspected that immediately) 230.94 413.33 T
(, ) 374.36 413.33 T
-0.46 (and that she cared so little for this par-) 230.94 401.33 P
(ty or its guest of honor that inviting ) 230.94 389.33 T
-0.18 (me was a way of getting back at who-) 230.94 377.33 P
(ever was to blame.) 230.94 365.33 T
(I asked her) 248.94 353.33 T
(, but she just smiled. ) 292.39 353.33 T
(That, more than anything, made me ) 230.94 341.33 T
(feel sure I was right and agree to ) 230.94 329.33 T
(come. It was scheduled for eight, in ) 230.94 317.33 T
-0.57 (highsocietyese nine-\336fteen, but Carol ) 230.94 305.33 P
(\050my sister\051 knew I didn\325) 230.94 293.33 T
(t hold with ) 327.36 293.33 T
(that kind of math, couldn\325) 230.94 281.33 T
(t face this ) 334.86 281.33 T
(sort of thing straight, and wouldn\325) 230.94 269.34 T
(t ) 367.35 269.34 T
-0.77 (stay past ten anyhow) 230.94 257.34 P
-0.77 (, so she met me at ) 311.54 257.34 P
(the door right on the dot, led me to a ) 230.94 245.34 T
(den where we had a quick drink and ) 230.94 233.34 T
(visit, then left me to \336nish preparing ) 230.94 221.34 T
(myself while she \336nished preparing ) 230.94 209.34 T
(herself. I enjoyed a few drinks, and ) 230.94 197.34 T
(welcomed a few individuals who ) 230.94 185.34 T
(shared my liking for being on time.) 230.94 173.34 T
-0.6 (Carol was back down at a quarter ) 248.94 161.34 P
-0.02 (of, just in time for the real \337ow of ar-) 230.94 149.34 P
(rivals to start. It only took twenty ) 230.94 137.34 T
(minutes before she signaled me that ) 230.94 125.34 T
(all the invited guests had arrived. I ) 230.94 113.34 T
-0.72 (was a bit surprised by this at \336rst, then ) 230.94 101.34 P
-0.09 (remembered that in this crowd it was ) 230.94 89.34 P
(usually a sign that there was another ) 230.94 77.34 T
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(. I only had a small ) 453.46 713.33 T
(round to make to be done with it, ) 389.88 701.33 T
(checked and con\336rmed my guess ) 389.88 689.33 T
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(atively quiet corner and sat down to ) 389.88 665.33 T
(watch.) 389.88 653.33 T
(The guest of honor was really ) 407.88 641.33 T
(pitiful. I didn\325) 389.88 629.33 T
(t say a single word--) 446.06 629.33 T
(didn\325) 389.88 617.33 T
(t have to, his pretensions were ) 410.8 617.33 T
(ripped by a lady I\325d often heard my ) 389.88 605.33 T
(sister describe--not unkindly--as the ) 389.88 593.33 T
(blankest spot on the circuit. The ) 389.88 581.33 T
-0.34 (crowd didn\325) 389.88 569.33 P
-0.34 (t turn ugly or get restless, ) 437.94 569.33 P
(though, but seemed pleased with the ) 389.88 557.33 T
(outcome.) 389.88 545.33 T
(Carol wandered by about ten ) 407.88 533.33 T
(minutes later) 389.88 521.33 T
(, so I intruded upon her ) 441.4 521.33 T
(and quietly asked, \322Mary was really ) 389.88 509.33 T
(the guest of honor tonight, wasn\325) 389.88 497.33 T
(t ) 521.84 497.33 T
(she? A little something to cheer her ) 389.88 485.33 T
(up or boost her spirits?\323) 389.88 473.33 T
(She frowned and nodded, then ) 407.88 461.33 T
-0.4 (shrugged her shoulders and said, \322Be-) 389.88 449.33 P
(fore you ask, smartass, we drew lots. ) 389.88 437.33 T
-0.49 (I expect you to keep your mouth shut. ) 389.88 425.33 P
(Don\325) 389.88 413.33 T
(t, and I\325ll give you another one ) 410.24 413.33 T
-0.86 (of these--meaning it.\323 She walked of) 389.88 401.33 P
-0.86 (f, ) 532.53 401.33 P
-0.05 (spiking me close to the big toe. Noth-) 389.88 389.33 P
(ing really painful, so I grinned at her ) 389.88 377.33 T
(as a sign I\325d behave before seeking ) 389.88 365.33 T
(out my quiet corner again.) 389.88 353.33 T
-0.59 (It was twenty to ten, but the party ) 407.88 341.33 P
-0.45 (hadn\325) 389.88 329.33 P
-0.45 (t been all that of) 412.46 329.33 P
-0.45 (fensive, I didn\325) 475.45 329.33 P
-0.45 (t ) 535.17 329.33 P
-0.69 (have anything on for the next day) 389.88 317.33 P
-0.69 (, and ) 519.45 317.33 P
(Carol owed me for the foot business, ) 389.88 305.33 T
-0.48 (so I \336gured I\325d stick around for anoth-) 389.88 293.34 P
-0.09 (er hour unless too many other people ) 389.88 281.34 P
(left and give her bar stock a good ) 389.88 269.34 T
(working over) 389.88 257.34 T
(. Besides, this one lady ) 442.9 257.34 T
-0.25 (had been giving me a very strong eye ) 389.88 245.34 P
-0.59 (all evening, and I wanted to give her a ) 389.88 233.34 P
(bad impression before I left lest she ) 389.88 221.34 T
-0.34 (try to look me up. I did mention that I ) 389.88 209.34 P
(couldn\325) 389.88 197.34 T
(t stand those kind, right?) 420.24 197.34 T
(I even indulged in a rare cigar) 407.88 185.34 T
(, ) 527.38 185.34 T
(luckily having one on hand, but it ) 389.88 173.34 T
(didn\325) 389.88 161.34 T
(t work. She came over about \336f-) 410.8 161.34 T
-0.54 (teen minutes later) 389.88 149.34 P
-0.54 (, catching me alone, ) 459.46 149.34 P
(sat down, and asked, \322Does it seem ) 389.88 137.34 T
(likely to you that the true \336rst law of ) 389.88 125.34 T
(any physical universe is inertia, and ) 389.88 113.34 T
(violating this law is what leads to en-) 389.88 101.34 T
(tropy?\323) 389.88 89.34 T
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(to play around with for awhile. \322It\325) 72 629.33 T
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(current thinking on celestial mechan-) 72 593.33 T
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(, though, and if ) 154.59 581.33 T
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(I\325d say you got it dead to rights.\323) 72 557.33 T
(\322Ah,\323 she responded. \322I thought ) 90 545.33 T
(you looked too real to \336t in with this ) 72 533.33 T
(bunch.\323) 72 521.33 T
(\322Y) 90 509.33 T
(our hostess is my sister) 100.65 509.33 T
(,\323 I ) 192.98 509.33 T
(nodded.) 72 497.33 T
(\322Y) 90 485.33 T
(ou\325re Carol\325) 100.65 485.33 T
(s brother?\323 she ) 149.23 485.33 T
(said. \322That\325) 72 473.33 T
(s cheering. I didn\325) 118.63 473.33 T
(t know ) 191.17 473.33 T
(she had any good in\337uences.\323) 72 461.33 T
(I laughed. Not especially bril-) 90 449.33 T
(liant, \337attery seldom is, but enjoy-) 72 437.33 T
-0.16 (able. \322Mind if I tell you a story?\323 she ) 72 425.33 P
(continued. \322It\325ll be brief.\323) 72 413.33 T
(\322Full drinks for us both \336rst,\323 I ) 90 401.33 T
-0.29 (insisted. \322No worthwhile story is that ) 72 389.33 P
(short.\323) 72 377.33 T
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(smiled. \322Thank you! I hope I\325ll meet ) 72 353.33 T
(your optimistic expectations. Make ) 72 341.33 T
(mine water) 72 329.33 T
(, since I\325ve had my limit, ) 116.29 329.33 T
(but throw in plenty of ice and a slice ) 72 317.33 T
(of lime.\323) 72 305.33 T
(I took her glass, did the honors, ) 90 293.34 T
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(er to be in good position to listen. ) 72 269.34 T
-0.04 (\322This story) 72 257.34 P
-0.04 (,\323 she started, \322concerns a ) 116.01 257.34 P
-0.6 (man I\325ve known for a long, long time. ) 72 245.34 P
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(many names.) 72 221.34 T
(\322W) 90 209.34 T
(e\325ve been married a number ) 103.07 209.34 T
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(partners in business. It depended on ) 72 185.34 T
(whatever situation we were in. Basic ) 72 173.34 T
(survival, court intrigues, smuggling, ) 72 161.34 T
(tavern keeping, homesteading, some-) 72 149.34 T
(times just farming.\323) 72 137.34 T
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(slightly uncomfortable without un-) 72 113.34 T
(derstanding why) 72 101.34 T
(.) 137.69 101.34 T
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(say) 72 77.34 T
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(with him for years.\323) 230.94 713.33 T
-0.65 (\322Thought about placing an ad?\323 I ) 248.94 701.33 P
(ventured.) 230.94 689.33 T
-0.45 (\322Y) 248.94 677.33 P
-0.45 (es. I\325ve even got one written. I ) 259.6 677.33 P
(know) 230.94 665.33 T
(, from past experience, that he ) 252.5 665.33 T
(seldom remembers to look for me. ) 230.94 653.33 T
(Not that he doesn\325) 230.94 641.33 T
(t want to, or that ) 304.32 641.33 T
(he\325) 230.94 629.33 T
(s not glad to have me \336nd him. It ) 243.16 629.33 T
(just is not something he\325) 230.94 617.33 T
(s learned to ) 328.68 617.33 T
(do yet, so up to now it\325) 230.94 605.33 T
(s always been ) 322.84 605.33 T
(up to me. I don\325) 230.94 593.33 T
(t mind, because he\325) 294.89 593.33 T
(s ) 372.05 593.33 T
(worth it. The only thing is, I\325m not ) 230.94 581.33 T
-0.62 (sure the ad as I\325ve written it will catch ) 230.94 569.33 P
(his notice. W) 230.94 557.33 T
(ould you listen to it and ) 283.16 557.33 T
(tell me what you think?\323) 230.94 545.33 T
(\322Sure,\323 I said, reluctantly and ) 248.94 533.33 T
(nervously) 230.94 521.33 T
(.) 269.71 521.33 T
(\322Seeking--long time partner) 248.94 509.33 T
(, to ) 360.68 509.33 T
-0.5 (resume partnership as per understand-) 230.94 497.33 P
-0.94 (ing. Arrival in this area approximately ) 230.94 485.33 P
(1958, avoids the arti\336cial, impatient ) 230.94 473.33 T
(with phony) 230.94 461.33 T
(. Is seeking deeper under) 275.55 461.33 T
(- ) 374.98 461.33 T
(standing and patience, lessons on ) 230.94 449.33 T
-0.81 (which I will trade for ones in his many ) 230.94 437.33 P
(areas of expertise, as per understand-) 230.94 425.33 T
(ing. Reply ASAP) 230.94 413.33 T
(.\323) 299.52 413.33 T
-0.14 (\3221958 is not very long for all the ) 248.94 401.33 P
(things you mentioned,\323 I said. \322The ) 230.94 389.33 T
(ad seems pretty vague, also.\323) 230.94 377.33 T
(\322I know) 248.94 365.33 T
(, but I don\325) 280.77 365.33 T
(t really have ) 325 365.33 T
-0.46 (any way of knowing what will stir his ) 230.94 353.33 P
(memory) 230.94 341.33 T
(,\323 she said, looking sad. \322He ) 263.6 341.33 T
-0.46 (has that skill. W) 230.94 329.33 P
-0.46 (e were hoping I could ) 293.72 329.33 P
-0.21 (master it this time around. He always ) 230.94 317.33 P
-0.84 (knows what will ring a bell, whether it ) 230.94 305.33 P
-0.24 (would be a meeting, a chance phrase, ) 230.94 293.34 P
(or) 230.94 281.34 T
(, sometimes, even a dream.\323) 238.87 281.34 T
(\322What sort of dream?\323 I asked.) 248.94 269.34 T
-0.82 (\322Past exploits, usually) 248.94 257.34 P
-0.82 (, according ) 335.78 257.34 P
(to him. Making wine in France, sell-) 230.94 245.34 T
(ing ale in W) 230.94 233.34 T
(illiamsbur) 279.67 233.34 T
(g or Sidney) 320.03 233.34 T
(, ) 365.47 233.34 T
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-0.05 (ur-) 369.4 221.34 P
-0.07 (key) 230.94 209.34 P
-0.07 (, making love in a \336eld of hibicus ) 244.73 209.34 P
(on V) 230.94 197.34 T
(anua Levu.\323) 249.54 197.34 T
(I was shook. As she mentioned ) 248.94 185.34 T
(these things, memories of dreams I ) 230.94 173.34 T
(had had about similar occurrences ) 230.94 161.34 T
-0.35 (had come to mind, but the topper was ) 230.94 149.34 P
(her mention of V) 230.94 137.34 T
(anua Levu. Immedi-) 298.39 137.34 T
-0.67 (ately upon hearing her say that name I ) 230.94 125.34 P
(knew it was one of the Fiji Islands, ) 230.94 113.34 T
(but could not recall how I knew it. ) 230.94 101.34 T
(The world history I had taken in col-) 230.94 89.34 T
(lege had been centered on European ) 230.94 77.34 T
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(cause the alternative for freshmen ) 389.88 701.33 T
-0.82 (was geography) 389.88 689.33 P
-0.82 (, which I loathed. Sure, ) 448.64 689.33 P
-0.11 (we had spent a week on the major ex-) 389.88 677.33 P
(plorations of the 1400\325) 389.88 665.33 T
(s through the ) 480.67 665.33 T
-0.35 (1700\325) 389.88 653.33 P
-0.35 (s, but I didn\325) 412.65 653.33 P
-0.35 (t remember getting ) 462.5 653.33 P
(anything out of it. I looked at her ) 389.88 641.33 T
(helplessly) 389.88 629.33 T
(.) 429.21 629.33 T
(She looked hopeful for just a ) 407.88 617.33 T
-0.12 (minute, then sighed. \322Oh, well, don\325) 389.88 605.33 P
-0.12 (t ) 534.84 605.33 P
(worry about it if it didn\325) 389.88 593.33 T
(t strike a ) 486.59 593.33 T
(cord.\323) 389.88 581.33 T
(\322Something did,\323 I admitted, ) 407.88 569.33 T
(frowning. \322I just don\325) 389.88 557.33 T
(t know what. ) 476.87 557.33 T
(Something that seems long ago.\323) 389.88 545.33 T
(\322V) 407.88 533.33 T
(ery long ago,\323 she said, look-) 418.43 533.33 T
(ing hopeful again.) 389.88 521.33 T
-0.51 (\322But you\325re what, only twenty or ) 407.88 509.33 P
(so?\323 I stammered. She nodded. \322I ) 389.88 497.33 T
-0.08 (don\325) 389.88 485.33 P
-0.08 (t see how--. Except another life.\323) 408.02 485.33 P
(She didn\325) 407.88 473.33 T
(t reply) 446.29 473.33 T
(. I tried to pin-) 471.46 473.33 T
-0.03 (point my thoughts, failed. \322I don\325) 389.88 461.33 P
-0.03 (t re-) 523.66 461.33 P
(ally believe this story) 389.88 449.33 T
(,\323 I \336nally said. ) 475.02 449.33 T
(\322T) 389.88 437.33 T
(oo improbable. T) 399.73 437.33 T
(oo many accom-) 468.15 437.33 T
(plishments, not enough time. Even if ) 389.88 425.33 T
(there were other lives. The timing ) 389.88 413.33 T
(would never work out right.\323 Not ) 389.88 401.33 T
(very well put, but I was disturbed.) 389.88 389.33 T
(\322T) 407.88 377.33 T
(iming is no problem if two ) 418.08 377.33 T
-0.01 (souls are in agreement,\323 she told me. ) 389.88 365.33 P
(\322Not that I remember all that much, ) 389.88 353.33 T
-0.12 (but I do recall that. He and I have the ) 389.88 341.33 P
(arrangement needed. Certainly) 389.88 329.33 T
(, we ) 512.19 329.33 T
-0.48 (sometimes have bodies that are out of ) 389.88 317.33 P
-0.47 (sync by a number of years, but he and ) 389.88 305.33 P
(I never have been.\323) 389.88 293.34 T
(I had dealt with a lot of weird-) 407.88 281.34 T
(ness, including a motorcycle club ) 389.88 269.34 T
-0.92 (membership Carol didn\325) 389.88 257.34 P
-0.92 (t know about, ) 485.58 257.34 P
(and once talked an armed \324Namvet ) 389.88 245.34 T
(friend of mine out of re-enacting the ) 389.88 233.34 T
-0.57 (OK Corral shootout, but this lady stat-) 389.88 221.34 P
-0.04 (ed her thoughts with such self-assur-) 389.88 209.34 P
-0.74 (ance that it shook me like nothing else ) 389.88 197.34 P
-0.73 (I had ever had to deal with. All I could ) 389.88 185.34 P
-0.34 (do was stammer \050without desiring to\051 ) 389.88 173.34 P
(\322Then these thoughts--\323) 389.88 161.34 T
-0.5 (\322Can be trusted,\323 she assured me.) 407.88 149.34 P
(\322Some--\323) 407.88 137.34 T
(\322T) 407.88 125.34 T
(en percent are pure dreams.\323) 417.73 125.34 T
(\322And the rest--?\323) 407.88 113.34 T
(\322Are memories, a great deal of ) 407.88 101.34 T
-0.56 (which I share,\323 she \336nished. \322But I\325m ) 389.88 89.34 P
(going to have to leave now) 389.88 77.34 T
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