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thirty percent upon o urse lves,
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And it will be simpler for computer. Wh at do
you think, Basil
Modestovi c h ~
On the whole, it's a sin to den y the nation th e joys of the fle sh. Especially in a
democracy.
But it's not democracy that denies, it's th e 13undesbank.
Same thing, nowadays.
Comes w ith the Protestant work ethic.
Right. No siesta.
Hard if
YOll
're a Ca th o lic.
For an Orthodox, too.
Not
to
mention agnostics.
Poor flesh.
Let's discuss this at to mo rrow's sess ion. It's ge tting kind of late.
Thirty percent we ca n still manage .
Ah , I always dreamt of ha vin g a swimming pool. The bottom could be laid out
with mosaics, like the ancient Romans. 13etter still , a large TV screen . You splash
around and wa tch the news. Or the movies.
Tomorrow, we 'll discuss all that tomorrow, Cec ili a. Matildaaaaaa'
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Character study, Mr. President. Imitatio n of the en viro nment. Nothing ca n re–
place osmosis. . Synthetics, of course; but th e pattern , I am told, is highly au–
thentic. The pi gm entati o n co nstitutes coded information thus far e luding all at–
tempts at deciphering. Most likely it's the animal kingdom 's version of one's C V,
or of a passpo rt. A sort of ur-writ.
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Well , well. Have yo u transcribed the memo?
Yes, I have. Transcribed, en coded , ca bled , got th e reply, d ecoded , transc ribed.
Here it is.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
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Uh-huh . I see. The General Staff informs us
that there's no twenty-megato n in stock: howeve r, th ere arc several one-hun–
dred-megaton items th at arc ava ilable . Amo ng them - and I quote - two com–
pact models, the size o f a soG or a kitchen cupboa rd.
The sofa one, Basil Mod estovich' The sofa- size '
As
YOll
wish, Cecilia. The sof:l-size ... M atildJ, ca ble the General Staff we'll take
