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apparently, if we are to take them at their word, without<br />

even trying." With a sardonic grin, the scientist counted<br />

on his fingers:<br />

"Leukemia from ionizing radiation; cancer from a<br />

hundred things, say, dust inhalation, say, nuclear<br />

reactors, say, H-bomb tests; sterilization from you name<br />

it; asphyxia from decompression; brain and kidney<br />

damage from lead, beryllium poisoning. Et cetera,<br />

excuse me, ah-CHOO!"<br />

"Allow me, Doctor, please!" Wolton passed the<br />

man his own linen handkerchief, and Svatopluk wiped<br />

his nose. "Now, Dr. Swátterplök, whom exactly in the<br />

military organization would you say you were talking<br />

about? Would you wish to call this an abuse of privilege<br />

by the Pentagon sphere of influence, for instance?"<br />

"All I wish to say is Commander Hector Brickhart<br />

was a pain in the tuchis, and I don't want any more like<br />

him. He was up here pestering me to 'slip him some<br />

stuff ' so he could spray it down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.<br />

Can you believe that? He seemed to think we kept it in<br />

giant aerosol cans, like Windex. When those tinker toys<br />

started losing that war in Vietnam, Commander

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