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│ Mind Games...................Page 6 Daffynitioons................Page 39 │
│ How It Began.................Page 9 I MYTHed That One............Page 40 │
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│ Mind Games 1993 Page 6 │
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│ How It Began! Page 9 │
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│ For a number of years children played a game called word square. In this │
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│ Behind The HeadLines! Page 10 │
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│ Headline: Woman Runs Over Herself With Car │
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│ Story: 52 year old grandmother accidentally ran over herself with her own │
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│ Not Common! Page 13 │
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│ * For the person who doesn't want to be forgotten and really wants to │
│ shuffle off the mortal coil but leave a word behind we've the perfect, │
│ but unusual item. How about purchasing from the Eternal Monument Company│
│ of Pompano Beach, Florida an electronic tombstone? Prior to one's death,│
│ assumably, the customer must go to the company to be filmed and have │
│ his voice recorded so the tape can be placed in the tombstone and played │
│ anytime someone pushes the button. Immortality on tape! │
│ * William G. Hail committed suicide in the most unusual manner. He bored │
│ eight holes in his head with a power drill. │
│ * Speaking of suicide, the most unusual policy regarding suicide was on the│
│ ancient island of Cheos. If a person wanted to commit suicide they would│
│ consult their legislator who in turn would announce it in the Senate. │
│ The senate would then discuss the pros and cons of such an action and │
│ either grant permission or refuse it. │
│ * One of the worst 'miracles' performed was in 1966 by a Hindu yogi named │
│ Rao. Rao told everyone he would walk on water. Tickets were sold to │
│ miracle event, some selling for as much as $100 a piece. The day came, │
│ Rao stood next to a five foot deep pond of water. He prayed in silence. │
│ He stepped out onto the surface of the water and sunk almost immediately.│
│ He did not refund any money. │
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│ Horoscopes By Manfred! Page 14 │
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│ Aries [Mar 21 - Apr 19]: There will be a reason for you to celebrate. │
│ Investments for the future are indicated now. Take a chance on yourself. │
│ Virgo will be around! │
│ │
│ Taurus [Apr 20 - May 20]: The position of the moon accents ability to │
│ forge ahead in new business project. A gift recieved doesn't mean that │
│ the intentions are romantic you know. You might end up in a fight with │
│ someone who's close. Scorpio has something important to say! │
│ │
│ Gemini [May 21 - June 20]: You'll find someone you are attracted to is │
│ involved. Attraction between you & another intensifies. Speak up! No one │
│ can know how you feel if you don't tell them! Aries will be around! │
│ │
│ Cancer [June 21 - July 22]: Be aware that a love relationship will │
│ intensify. Your sex-appeal is high & you'll be almost irresistable! A │
│ financial adjustment will substantially benefit you. Virgo present. │
│ │
│ Leo [July 23 - Aug 22]: Don't push at a loved one, give some air. A │
│ previous investment will soon pay big dividends. Take a chance on │
│ yourself. Scorpio sees your points. │
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│ Horoscopes By Manfred! Page 15 │
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│ Virgo [Aug 23 - Sept 22]: Someone who has very strong feelings for you │
│ confesses! You'll find you now have more freedom than previously. Use │
│ it wisely! Cancer is in picture. │
│ │
│ Libra [Sept 23 - Oct 22]: Don't believe everything that you may hear! │
│ Emphasis is placed on rest, relaxing. Pay special attention to someone you│
│ want closer, before the opportunity passes. Pisces, Leo is featured. │
│ │
│ Scorpio [Oct 23 - Nov 21]: Pay special attention to someone you want │
│ closer, before the opportunity passes. An increase in wealth is │
│ indicated, either through inheritance or your own business ability. │
│ Libra will be around! │
│ │
│ Sagittarius [Nov 22 - Dec 21]: A new friendship will be made this week. │
│ Attraction between you and another intensifies. You may be feeling a bit │
│ nostalgic, why not call that old friend?! Aries will be involved. │
│ │
│ Capricorn [Dec 23 - Jan 19]: Your spirit's up! Sending flowers or a small │
│ gift is a great idea! Emphasis should be placed on restructuring and │
│ realigning your budget. Gemini, Libra can be counted upon! │
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│ Horoscopes By Manfred! Page 16 │
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│ Aquarius [Jan 20 - Feb 18]: Words may have to be said to a friend or │
│ roommate, just keep calm & it'll be ok! Plans will be made that could │
│ affect your entire life over the next 6 to 12 months... Your appeal is │
│ high. Capricorn, Sagittarius is in picture. │
│ │
│ Pisces [Feb. 19 - Mar. 20]: Focus on physical attraction, sensuality, │
│ creativity, variety. Focus on your uniqueness! Your search for love │
│ waits down the road a bit. Be Patient! Sagittarius very involved. │
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│ * There is no such thing as a little snow. │
│ * It is easy to cope if you have nothing to cope with. │
│ * A principle is worth fighting for and even dying for. │
│ * If a corporate structure is worth millions, chances are there are some │
│ untrustworthy people some place on the corporate ladder. │
│ * No one ever makes things easy and everyone wishes they had after going │
│ through a whole routine of things. │
│ * Law is wonderful, especially when it is on your side. │
│ * An unreasonable man who is also prejudice against women is one sick man. │
│ * A used car always gets more miles per gallon than it really does, when │
│ you talk to a salesman. │
│ * The only place you can have the ocean is at sea level. │
│ * You can't enjoy winter and have good driving conditions at the same time.│
│ * Beer is nothing one buys -- it can only be rented. │
│ * No one screws up a market more than a real estate agent. │
│ * Remember you can't cast your bread upon the water, that's pollution. │
│ * The only thing one learns quickly is parachuting. │
│ * Every flat surface is a table. │
│ * If you lie, lie about the future, then you can call it a prediction if │
│ you are wrong. │
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│ About The Past, By Brian Page 20 │
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│ AFTER DINNER VOMIT: Eating tends to make you feel full. However, this │
│ was no problem to the Ancient Romans who wanted to keep on trying the new │
│ kinds of food. They would just take a feather and tickle the back of │
│ their throats vomiting up everything they had just eaten, and start │
│ eating again! Special rooms were made for the vomiters so they did not │
│ stop other people from eating. │
│ │
│ AND WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT.......... In Charles II's reign, dog │
│ urine was told to improve the complexion. │
│ │
│ YUMMY YUMMY: Eating habits have changed drastically in the last hundred │
│ years. Here is a menu for a meal served to Henry VIII and 30 guests: 800 │
│ eggs, 90 dishes of butter, 50 loaves of bread, 300 wafers of marzipan, │
│ plus 6 apples, 7 pears & 10 oranges per person. The serious part of the │
│ meal consisted of roast beef, veal, lamb, capons, plovers, woodcock, │
│ partridges, herons, snipe, leverets and lambs tongues. To wash all this │
│ down each drank 2 1/2 gallons of beer & wine. Henry had meals like this │
│ served every day. Not everything was necessarily eaten by the guests but │
│ Henry grew very fat by eating like this. His waistline increased by 16" │
│ in 5 years. Ropes & pulleys were used to haul him to his 13 foot-wide bed.│
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│ About The Past, By Brian Page 21 │
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│ TEA ANYONE?: When tea was first introduced in the American colonies many │
│ housewives were unfamiliar with the correct method of making tea, served │
│ the leaves with sugar or syrup after throwing away the water in which │
│ they had been boiled. │
│ │
│ LICE CRISPIES: Until the nineteenth century, just about everyone had │
│ lice, fleas, or sometimes even both. In the seventeenth century, it was │
│ considered bad manners to take lice, fleas or other things from your body │
│ and squish them between your fingers in company. │
│ │
│ DIRTY DAMSEL: Public bathes were open in Britain in the late seventeenth │
│ century. But really the wealthy were the ones who used them. Samuel │
│ Pepys mentions his wife going one time, but this was the only time in │
│ nine years of writing in his famous diary that he told of his wife │
│ bathing. │
│ │
│ EARTHQUAKING FASHIONS: In 1925 short skirts became fashionable. Some │
│ people could not cope with the frequent sight of women's legs. The │
│ Archbishop of naples in Italy said the recent earthquake at Amalfi was │
│ because of God's anger at a skirt that reached no farther than the knee. │
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│ Accustomed 2 Customs! Page 22 │
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│ * The custom of thumbs up or thumbs down has been with us since Roman days!│
│ The emperor would give a thumbs up or a thumbs down depending upon how │
│ the gladiator performed in the arena. This is what most people believe │
│ but it just isn't true. The truth is, the first known use of this ges- │
│ ture was by a French painter in 1873. The painting was called Pollice │
│ Verso in which the emperor was making a thumbs down gesture. The use of │
│ this gesture in the Roman arena never had any direct meaning assigned │
│ to them. Not only was the thumb used in an up and down motion but also │
│ in a side motion. But what the significance of this was never was clear.│
│ Today the use of the thumb up or down is easily understood and the side- │
│ ways thumb is commonly used for hitchhiking. │
│ * Women wearing high heels seems to be a custom that has been with us since│
│ the seventeenth century. The French invented this custom. Though a │
│ great many people believe this was probably one of the worst customs to │
│ have around, since the wearing of high heels can cause all types of back │
│ problems as well as foot problems. Originally this custom was reserved │
│ to only the royal and upper class noble women who wanted to give the │
│ impression of being above all the common folks. Well the common folks │
│ decided they liked the idea of elevating women on high heels because this│
│ held them on the pedestal some men believed they belonged. │
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│ I sat down and poured myself another cup of coffee. Looking out the win- │
│ dow I could see my son playing with the dogs in the back yard. I took a │
│ deep breath and started thinking about his childhood versus mine. Today, │
│ well today kids just don't know how to play. They think they need some- │
│ thing electronic to play and have fun. They just don't know. I started │
│ thinking back to when I was a child. I can remember, right after Christ- │
│ mas, all the kids in the neighborhood would go from house to house asking │
│ if we could help our neighbors take down their Christmas trees. Having │
│ done so, we then took them to the end of the street, we lived on a dead │
│ end street, they didn't call them a cal-de-sac back then, and build a tree │
│ fort. We'd pack snow in around the open spaces left by the trees and use │
│ that spot as our resting place after having snowball fights and other │
│ silly kids games we played in the snow. We actually believed the fort we │
│ had built was warm and toasty inside. We felt warmer when we were in there│
│ and away from the outside elements. We even talked about sleeping out in │
│ the dead of winter inside our fort, knowing for certain we would all be │
│ just fine as long as we were inside our fort. │
│ In the summer time I can remember playing outside long after darkness came.│
│ We had one street light on our street and we would gather together under │
│ that street light. We'd find an old can from someone's trash and play │
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│ kick the can. Yeah, they really did play kick the can back in those days. │
│ I can remember running to hide. It was a hot, humid Illinois summer night │
│ and I could feel the excitement of the game coursing through my being. I │
│ would giggle to myself as I hid in the shadows of the huge old oak tree and│
│ watch the person who was 'it' race around trying to find someone, anyone │
│ so they could pass the title of being 'it' on to them. My son will never │
│ feel that type of excitement or thrill. I can still remember the feeling │
│ when the person who was 'it' spotted you and both of you made a mad rush │
│ to the can, placed carefully under the one glowing street light. One runn-│
│ ing to kick the can and the other racing to tag it and yell ollie, ollie │
│ oxen free, meaning everyone could run to the can now and not be it. │
│ Yeah, those were the days! Kids knew how to play and have fun. We never │
│ had to worry about being out at night. Unless, of course, you had a big │
│ brother. Because big brother would always try to play some prank on you. │
│ He'd always try to scare you somehow. But even that was alright, because │
│ once it happened a few times you came to expect it and even enjoyed the │
│ game of being frightened by some stupid stunt he'd pull. │
│ But in spite of the pranks big brother played, he was the best one to crawl│
│ out the bedroom window with and sit on the porch roof and watch the stars │
│ late at night on those hot summer days. Who could sleep? Air conditioning│
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│ was something only the rich had or some place of business had. So we took │
│ refuge on the roof. The two of us would sit and talk about anything and │
│ everything. We talked about all the problems in the world and about noth- │
│ ing. I stop and wonder, every once an a while, if my brother remembers │
│ these talks or not, as I do. No matter. │
│ I can also remember walking, yeah, what a concept, walking, to the city │
│ swimming pool. We had to cut through a cemetery to get there quickly. If │
│ we went around that cemetery it would take us easily a mile more in dis- │
│ tance to get to the city pool. If I walked with just my brother and his │
│ friends, not taking any of my friends along, those big dumb jerks would │
│ always go into the cemetery with me and start telling me some weird story │
│ about the place and about mid-way through they took off running, leaving │
│ me behind with fear rising quickly in my heart. I tried, as hard as I │
│ could, to stay up with them, but never could I. They being boys and two │
│ years older than me. But even that, in retrospect, was fun and funny. My │
│ brother was always paid back by me short sheeting his bed. │
│ My thoughts are pulled away from the past as my son comes back into the │
│ house with the dogs romping in, still in a playful mood. I call him over │
│ and tell him about the game of kick the can. I tell him everything, so │
│ he and his friends can try playing it that night on the cal-de-sac we now │
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│ live. He thinks it sounds 'cool' so he calls some of his friends and asks │
│ if they can play tonight. Each asks their parents and tells them what they│
│ intend playing. I'm sure, someplace deep inside them, the idea of their │
│ child playing kick the can, as they did once, spurs some hope in them as │
│ well as brings back some of that childhood memories. Each parent says │
│ their child can play. Darkness comes and the kids head out the door to │
│ one street light on the cal-de-sac. I can hear them playing and laughing │
│ as the game gets underway. About ten minutes or so goes by and I hear the │
│ familiar sound of the can being kicked down the pavement. It bounces as │
│ it hits then rolls. Moments later my son walks back into the house. │
│ "What happened to the game," I ask. │
│ "We called it off," he says. │
│ "Why?" I ask. │
│ "Because old Mrs. Doe told us she'd call the police if we didn't settle │
│ down and stop making so much noise. I'm going to play with my Sega Mom." │
│ 'Old Mrs. Doe' was my age. She was the only woman on the street without │
│ children. I guess she's forgotten what it was like to be a child. Or │
│ maybe, just maybe, she never was one. Oh well, at least my son tried. I │
│ was happy for that much. │
│ "Mind if I play Sega with you?" I asked! │
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│ I MYTHed That One! Page 40 │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 44 │
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│ 1993 would prove to be a very good year, KR thought as she gazed out of │
│ the window of her private office. │
│ │
│ The boss had everything to look forward to: Bee's new software │
│ development, Debbie's bungling discovery and Carpenter's low-cost │
│ hardware systems would push Eeeek International into a new tax bracket │
│ before the end of the second quarter. Yes, sales were projected to be up │
│ forty percent, even in the repressed market, and possibilities for new │
│ software & hardware development were virtually endless into the foresee- │
│ able future. The boss was certain to amass another fortune in 1993. │
│ │
│ But something had turned the boss' attention away from the bright │
│ prospects of her near future and toward the darker shadows of her past. │
│ Maybe it was the weather. │
│ │
│ Contrary to popular myth, it had just finished raining in Southern │
│ California for the last week and the usually smogged-in skies were as │
│ clear, bright and sparkly as they were intended to be. Unlike the boss' │
│ melancholy mood. It was as if the open skies allowed her to see the dark │
│ clouds rolling in for a second week of storm. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 45 │
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│ KR stared out on the city and forced the images there to over-ride the │
│ darker thoughts in her mind. │
│ │
│ The high-rises of downtown Los Angeles hemmed in her view to the south │
│ but she had a partial view of the rolling Hollywood Hills and the Santa │
│ Monica Mountains to the north. And she was high enough that she could see │
│ due west along the Wilshire corridor halfway to the beautiful Pacific │
│ Ocean. │
│ │
│ The Pacific Ocean. │
│ │
│ In her memory KR could still see the waves dancing off of Manhattan │
│ Beach. In the powerful swells of winter, the glittering shimmer of spring │
│ and the lazy illumination of summer, the Pacific had called her to the │
│ shore to press her bare feet into the loose sand and sort out the │
│ problems of the day. │
│ │
│ How many of my walks had that stretch of beach sustained? she wondered. │
│ How many of my footprints had it recorded, clung to, and lost to the │
│ tides? │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 46 │
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│ And if the universe has consciousness, how many vows does it recall from │
│ those difficult times? How many curses, how many tears? │
│ │
│ The boss smiled at herself. "Indulgence!" she said aloud. "Worth less │
│ SELF in-DULL-gence!" Then she laughed. │
│ │
│ But the memories hung in her mind like the early morning fog along the │
│ coast - just out of reach, not quite clouding reality, but obscuring it │
│ enough to allow the uncertainties of the soul to come pouring in. │
│ │
│ What days those were! When she had faced the publishing business single │
│ handedly. And had bluffed her will onto an unruly crew of anti-social │
│ misanthropes. │
│ │
│ HA! │
│ │
│ And the joke was that she had won. She had parlayed a "writing for hire" │
│ sub-contracting service into an internationally successful magazine. │
│ And it had been that success that had catapulted her into electronic │
│ publishing and finally computer software development. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 47 │
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│ She chuckled as she recalled the day the wire service had come to her. │
│ │
│ "Ms. Taghadossi," the squint-eyed three-pieced lackey had said, │
│ "Globe-Span News, Inc. is interested in your informational processing │
│ techniques. Would you be amenable to some sort of a share arrangement?" │
│ │
│ Informational processing techniques? KR thought. You mean that stupid │
│ little alteration I made to a hunk of Public Domain software? "What sort │
│ of arrangement?" she had asked, bluffing as usual. │
│ │
│ "We were thinking of six large figures," the pinched mouth said. │
│ │
│ And KR had scoffed. "Yeah! Well, I was thinking of eight small ones!" │
│ │
│ And with the proceeds of that conversation, the boss had moved out of the │
│ printing press era and into the age of computer media. She had also moved │
│ out of a cozy seventeen floor Manhattan Beach co-op and into a │
│ high-profile downtown skyscraper. │
│ │
│ "And the pressure has been increasing ever since," the boss muttered. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 48 │
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│ Although she loved her new life, she occasionally missed those earlier │
│ days when she had direct control of her company's output. She also missed │
│ the camaraderie and the outright lunacy of her employees. They were a wild│
│ bunch, much more out-going than her current pack of anti-social computer │
│ nerds. Dan Powers was in the street every day and would come back to the │
│ office with stories brimming with the sights and sounds of the city. The │
│ "girls" - Constance North, Dorothy Ditsmire & Holly Daze - would keep the │
│ corporate ears abuzz with their ribald society gossip. Manfred and Amanda │
│ would peer knowingly about the offices and make their pronouncements from │
│ "the other side." And there was effeminate Seymore Puddly as well as Art │
│ I. Whittay, Marvin Hopps, Jake, Glo Curtis! And how about Crystanna? │
│ Sensitive, insightful Crystanna Jaye Anders. Whenever the boss yearned for│
│ a true friend, she missed C.J. above all. │
│ │
│ Those were good days, attempting to fathom bizarre etchings of Captain │
│ Quake Zyzukka, or fending off the offensive insistences of William │
│ Tweeter, Ph.D. and the provocative suggestivity of Vanesa del Teaso. │
│ Doctor T. R. Ustme was a bore, but the boss could lament the passing of │
│ "Bill" Booty, world traveler and chronicler. For all his boastful │
│ bravado, he meant only to enlighten. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 49 │
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│ Yes, they were a good bunch. And now the only one left was Hymie. │
│ Whatever would she do with Hymie? │
│ │
│ "ENOUGH!" KR said aloud. "Muddling through the past gets you nowhere!" │
│ though she couldn't stop the rueful little smile from twisting her lips. │
│ "Time to think about the present and the future!" She could not have │
│ chosen more appropriate words. For at that very moment she heard the │
│ present knocking on her door. │
│ * │
│ "Is this it, then? We're certain of the breech?" │
│ │
│ "There can be no question of it. I didn't want to bring this in, but I │
│ felt I had no choice. The evidence is..." │
│ │
│ "Yes, I understand," KR said waving Razor's reluctance aside. "You did │
│ the right thing." │
│ Silence hung in the air like the boss' earlier mood. │
│ │
│ Things had been going to well; something HAD to break. Maybe that's what │
│ her mood had been trying to warn her. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 50 │
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│ "What about the marketing campaign?" Razor asked softly. │
│ │
│ KR tapped her fingers on her desk. Yes, what ABOUT the expensive nation- │
│ wide marketing campaign? She couldn't very well go ahead with it now, but │
│ she didn't wish to give her Sales Manager any reason to gossip or send out│
│ any signs of alarm. Best to keep her busy, as if nothing was wrong. │
│ │
│ "Proceed with the advertising development as scheduled," the boss said │
│ resorting to her old tactic, the bluff, "but hold off on the launch date │
│ until I look into this." │
│ │
│ "Very well," Razor said doubtfully. │
│ │
│ "Well? Hop to it!" the boss said. One thing she couldn't stand was having │
│ employees with worried looks hanging around her desk. │
│ │
│ She pondered the situation for a moment and then punched an intercom │
│ button. │
│ │
│ "Yes, Ms. Taghadossi?" said a voice from the reception desk. │
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│ Team Eeeek: The Dawning of An Age Page 51 │
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│ "Locate Ms. Gabriel and ask her to report to my office." │
│ The brief silence which greeted her request told the boss that she had │
│ spoken too harshly. It was as though the receptionist was thinking, "You │
│ want me to issue an ORDER to the Chairwoman of the Board?" But the │
│ affirmative reply finally came and the boss shut down the intercom. │
│ │
│ No telling where Gabriel was. Maybe the Polo Lounge or her club or her │
│ estate up in the Palisades. Maybe she was lunching with the Mayor or a │
│ Senator or two. The boss had no way of keeping up with her. She spun on │
│ her designer director's chair and resumed her contemplation of the city. │
│ As she had anticipated, clouds were rolling in from the west, dark, huge, │
│ rolling things that stretched into the heavens & blackened the sky. And │
│ suddenly all the boss' hopes for the new year were as bleak as the weather│
│ growing outside her window. There was only one task bleaker than facing │
│ the coming troubles, the boss thought. Then, like she often did when she │
│ was mulling over her problems, she spoke aloud to herself. │
│ │
│ "How am I going to tell the Chairwoman our new software has been stolen?" │
│ │
│ To be continued. │
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│ I ran down a flight of stairs. Running, running, from what or to what │
│ I did not know. But I knew I had to keep running. The feeling of │
│ terror that haunted me was unmistakable. It was not fear but absolute │
│ terror. When I reached the bottom of the flight of stairs, there in │
│ front of me stood Anna. "What are you doing here?" I shirked. "You │
│ can not be here. You can not be here." I had not stopped moving away │
│ from the stairs, in spite of Anna's presence. She extended her arm as │
│ if to stop me from going further. I moved past her and ran through the │
│ tree lined glade that lay before me. When I reached the other side of │
│ the glade I was stopped by a blinding light. I looked before me and │
│ there stood Anna. I turned and looked behind me as if checking to see │
│ if the thing which I ran from was catching up to me. I was also trying │
│ to figure out how Anna got across the glade so quickly. When I turned │
│ back towards her again, she simply said calmly, "Don't go on this │
│ trip." │
│ │
│ I woke with a start. It was only a dream. I had fallen asleep at my │
│ desk again. I surveyed the area, I was in my apartment and all │
│ appeared to be normal. I forced myself upright in my chair and wiped │
│ the perspiration from my forehead and face. Then leaned back in my │
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│ chair thinking about the dream I had just had. These dreams had │
│ started not too long ago. Actually they started when I made my │
│ decision to make this trip. This one dream I have had for the last │
│ four nights. Every night exactly the same. Every night I felt the │
│ terror building and yet did not know why. And every night Anna was │
│ there trying to stop me. │
│ │
│ It became quite apparent from my dreams this vacation was not going to │
│ be like any other vacation I have ever experienced. The oddities of │
│ the events occurring in my dreams regarding this vacation are not to be │
│ explained. At least I hope they are not to be explained, because the │
│ explanation would be extremely bizarre. │
│ │
│ It was almost summer vacation. School would be out soon. This was │
│ important to me, for I am a teacher. I teach junior high school in Los │
│ Angeles, California. I was finishing the final test papers of my │
│ students when I began thinking about my trip to Europe in the very near │
│ future. It dawned on me the near future was only two weeks away. I │
│ still had many things to do, besides finish the papers which lay in │
│ front of me. I also had to pack, make arrangements to stop the mail, │
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│ and ask a friend to come over to water my plants. Plus make │
│ arrangements with my Mother to take her out to dinner before I leave. │
│ I live in a nice, comfortable three story apartment building. It is a │
│ secure building so there would not be much to be concerned about while │
│ I was on my long awaited vacation. │
│ │
│ Normally I spent my summers going out on digs. Archeology has become a │
│ passionate hobby. When I was in college, I took several courses in │
│ archeology and fell in love with the field. Frequently, my former │
│ professors from college, ask me to join them on summer digs. My │
│ expenses are paid and so am I. It turned out to be profitable hobby. │
│ │
│ My attention was drawn, not to the papers and work before me but the │
│ airline ticket laying at the top of the desk. I picked it up and │
│ glanced at it. It said: Ms. Carol Hendrick, Los Angeles to New York, │
│ 6-19, New York to London 6-20, London to Salzburg 6-25. Again my mind │
│ began to wonder. I had friends living in London I wanted to see, but │
│ would only stay there briefly. I had met Rod and Audrey on a previous │
│ trip to Europe. When I was in grad school, I took a summer off and │
│ went to Great Britain to take some courses at the University in London. │
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│ I met Audrey at the University. We spent the summer going to plays at │
│ the HayMarket Theater and others theaters in that area, not far from │
│ Piccadilly Circus. Now Audrey stars in some of those theaters we saw │
│ so many plays. It was during that same summer, Rod and Audrey met. I │
│ did not get to attend their wedding, for it was in October and I was in │
│ school, but did visit them the following summer. │
│ │
│ After London, then on to Salzburg. Something I had wanted to do for │
│ some time but never did. Not for any reasons other than just │
│ procrastinating. My adventure would be to go to Salzburg then take a │
│ bus tour through the Black Forest. I had thought of driving by myself, │
│ but decided against it because of concern in getting lost. Besides, a │
│ vacation is suppose to relieve pressure. I figured this would not be │
│ accomplished if I drove. The sound of the dog next door barking │
│ brought me back to the work at hand. I engrossed myself in my students │
│ papers. They desired school to be over but what they did not realize │
│ is I was just as eager as well. Don't misunderstand me, I enjoy │
│ teaching. I find it challenging and very educational. I learn a lot │
│ from the students as well as try to teach them a lot. I hoped they │
│ could use what I taught later in their life in a job. But, with drugs, │
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│ gangs, and general crimes of theft for money for drugs, then the deaths │
│ of my friend Anna and my two students, this was more than enough for │
│ me. I needed a vacation. │
│ │
│ It had been an especially hard year for me. Two of my students died │
│ from drug overdoses. All the other instructors said it was just a sign │
│ of the times. I did not believe this. A tragedy of our time, but │
│ hopefully not a sign. Both students were bright and good achievers. │
│ No life should be wasted in such a manner. It angered me at the time, │
│ and still does for that matter. They set out to commit suicide and │
│ accomplished their goal. They just went the long way round to do so. │
│ Before the shock of their deaths had worn off a good friend of mine, a │
│ nun, Sister Anna Katherine died from a sudden illness. She came down │
│ with the flu, which turned to pneumonia and within three days was dead. │
│ │
│ Nothing seemed to have any effect on the pneumonia, it just got hold of │
│ her and that was that. Anna and I had gone to school together. We │
│ became friends when we were eight years old and remained good friends │
│ for all those years. Her death was very upsetting to me. So I looked │
│ forward to the holiday with great enthusiasm. Hoping with anticipation │
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│ to put these saddening events behind me. │
│ │
│ The term ended without further incident and I soon found myself flying │
│ to New York. I spent one night there, enjoyed a theater performance │
│ and then on to London. The euphoria of the trip had, by now enchanted │
│ me. The anticipation of being somewhere I had never been, Austria. │
│ Seeing things I had never seen before was delirium. The normal things │
│ took place on the flight. dinner, a movie, I had one drink and then │
│ decided to try and sleep. │
│ │
│ The hum of the jet engines droned on into my ears. Their sound induced │
│ a restfulness that encouraged sleep. │
│ │
│ I found myself running down a highway. The highway was empty of cars │
│ and other people. When I ran for what seemed to be several blocks I │
│ came to the top of a small hill. I ran down it, quickly. When I │
│ reached the bottom there stood Anna. She extended her arm and motioned │
│ for me to stop. I continued running, down the highway, past Anna. I │
│ did not want to stop. When I reached the crest of the next hill I was │
│ halted by a blinding light. There stood Anna. I stopped and looked at │
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│ her. She ordered, "Go no further than Great Britain. Take your │
│ vacation in England only and do not go beyond." │
│ │
│ The change in the sound of the jet engines woke me. We were coming in │
│ for our landing. I collected my thoughts, or at least tried to do so. │
│ I could not understand these warnings. I was determined however, to │
│ make this trip. I had wanted it for too long to give it up now. │
│ Especially on the bases of a dream. │
│ │
│ When the plane touched down at Heathrow the sun was shining, dimly but │
│ none the less shining. It was typical June weather. My friends, Rod │
│ and Audrey, were there to meet me, as expected. My first night with │
│ Rod and Aud was simple, but relaxing. Audrey had to be in a │
│ performance at the theater, after which, we went out for a late dinner. │
│ Then home. │
│ I was glad I had slept on the plane for a few hours. Even though the │
│ sleep was not sound because of the dream, it was still some sleep. The │
│ time change and jet lag was hard enough adjust to. │
│ │
│ My second, and first full day with Rod and Audrey was spent doing the │
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│ normal tourist bit. Audrey did not have to be at the theater until the │
│ evening, as there was no matinee. Rod runs his own import business so │
│ he simply delegated authority so he could take whatever time he wanted. │
│ We made a trip to Whitechapel, to the Tower of London and to Tower │
│ Bridge. I find this area to be most interesting. You can almost hear │
│ the sounds of the city as it was during Dickens' time. I am somewhat │
│ of a history buff, so I find things like this very stimulating. │
│ I was not one for the normal tourist tripe, not really, and Rod and Aud │
│ knew this. I had grown up in fairly wealthy family and we had traveled │
│ extensively throughout my growing years. My father had died in an auto │
│ accident when I was three. My mother, on the other hand, is still │
│ alive and is still fighting for her principals. She was into women's │
│ liberation long before it was fashionable. She staunchly fought her │
│ way into law school and then determinedly made her career choice to │
│ become a judge. The law became commonplace in our home. I believe, │
│ though Mother never once said anything, she truly expected me to go │
│ into law as well. Follow in her foot steps so to speak. I found the │
│ law too inflexible and cold, so I went into teaching. My mother │
│ thought this foolish, but accepted my choice without too much argument. │
│ I suppose she knew I would be unhappy pursuing a career in law. She │
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│ has never once said anything regarding her disappointment in my │
│ decision, though I am certain she surely felt some. We did not agonize │
│ over this difference of thought for she has great respect for my │
│ convictions as do I for hers. When you spend the greater portion of │
│ your life living with just one other person you come to respect and │
│ understand that person or you come to despise that person. Fortunately │
│ we came to respect and understand each other, as well as love one │
│ another. │
│ │
│ I had wanted her to meet me in Salzburg and take the tour with me │
│ through the Black Forest. She declined, due to commitments. Which │
│ simply meant two things, one she thought I should enjoy this trip alone │
│ and meet new and interesting people without the influence from a mother │
│ hanging on my neck. And two, she did not want to take time away from │
│ the bench. She still has the same passion for the law that spurred her │
│ on thirty one years ago. │
│ Rod, Audrey and I did manage to stop at Carey Street, the home of │
│ barristers in London. Rod took a picture of me in front of a stately │
│ old building and we sent it off to my mother. Rod jokingly wrote on │
│ the bottom of the Polaroid picture, 'Future Barrister to the Queen!?!?' │
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│ He thought it quite funny. I on the other hand knew it would not be │
│ received with the same humor intended. │
│ │
│ On the third day, Rod insisted we go to this park in the heart of │
│ London. It is commonly referred to as Double Ganger park. Legend says │
│ if you go into this park and see your double it is an indication you │
│ will die soon. The three of us went, Aud and I reluctantly. We both │
│ knew Rod would attempt to play some sort of trick on us. He has a │
│ great sense of humor but sometimes carries things a little too far. I │
│ am not certain if I saw my double or if I was influenced by the power │
│ of suggestion and the ribbing and teasing of Rod. Audrey insists there │
│ was nothing there. I being more practical in nature wanted to believe │
│ her. Rod on the other hand insisted he had seen my double. I │
│ dismissed his statements. Audrey pointed out the only person, as to │
│ the legend, who could see their double was the person's who double │
│ appeared. This incident did not cause me any sleepless nights. I only │
│ mention it because it seemed to be the prelude to what was yet to come. │
│ │
│ The rest of the day was spent dragging Rod through Harrods, the most │
│ luxurious shopping area, probably in the world. Then we made him take │
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│ us to Oxford Street, another highly reputable area of shops. Small │
│ payment for his practical jokes and teasing. │
│ │
│ We spent each of our evenings at the theater, waiting for Audrey to │
│ finish. One evening Rod and I did make it over to St. James Street to │
│ Boodle's, an eighteenth century gambling club. It was here I met Thomas │
│ Prescott, a friend of Rod's. He was charming, to say the least. He is │
│ ruggedly good looking and a gentleman of some means. I did enjoy his │
│ company and wished, briefly, I could stay in London for a few more │
│ days. However, Mr. Prescott mentioned to Rod , as we were leaving the │
│ club, he would be away on that holiday Rod had suggested, for a │
│ fortnight. Rod told me on the way back to the theater, where we were │
│ to meet Audrey, that Prescott was a nobleman. He worked in banking, a │
│ major business in London. (If you are not the flavor of the month with │
│ the banks, in London, then you are not going to succeed in the business │
│ world). He had a lot of power in the city and more importantly, Rod │
│ nudged my side, he is single. I laughed and asked Rod if Aud knew he │
│ had been attempting to match make. "Are you kidding," he said, "she │
│ was the one to come up with the idea in the first place." I choose not │
│ to verify this with Audrey. Though I did not believe Rod. │
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│ We got back to the theater just in time. Audrey had just finished │
│ changing out of her costume. She had already removed her stage make up │
│ and put on her regular make up. She was behind the dressing screen │
│ when Rod and I got there. │
│ │
│ "So, what did you two do tonight?" Audrey questioned. │
│ │
│ "I took our friend to Boodle's", Rod responded. │
│ │
│ "Did you have dinner there? Or did you decide to wait for me?" │
│ │
│ "We decided to wait for you Aud." I responded. "Where would you like │
│ to go?" │
│ │
│ "How about something different tonight? Let's go home and I'll throw │
│ something together." │
│ │
│ "Sounds good to me. But only if you let me help with the cooking." │
│ │
│ "Let's go ladies. I'm hungry." Rod stood impatiently waiting. │
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│ We drove back to Rod and Aud's house. When we got there Audrey and I │
│ got started in the kitchen, while Rod made drinks for each of us. When │
│ we finished dinner, Rod excused himself and went into the library for │
│ his evening cigar. Audrey and I relaxed with a cup of coffee in the │
│ sitting room. │
│ │
│ "Audrey," I started out cautiously, "do you believe dreams can be │
│ meaningful. I mean, do you think they can give you warnings? Or come │
│ true?" │
│ │
│ "Yes, I suppose they can. But I don't think I've ever had any dream │
│ that gave me this feeling. Why, what's happening with you? I've │
│ noticed you seem to be preoccupied with something. What's troubling │
│ you Carol?" │
│ │
│ "I've been having reoccurring dreams Aud. I don't understand why. But │
│ the dream is the same each night or nearly the same. I find myself │
│ running down a flight of stairs, then when I get to the bottom of the │
│ stairs I meet a friend of mine. This friend is dead, in real life that │
│ is, but in the dream she appears to be very much alive. She warns me │
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│ not to take this trip. Then I wake up and I feel terrified." │
│ │
│ "Have the dreams changed any since you got here?" │
│ │
│ "No. Well, yes in a way. My friend no longer says not to take this │
│ trip. She now says not to go beyond Great Britain." │
│ │
│ "How long have you had these dreams?" │
│ │
│ "They started the second week of May. Two days after I decided to make │
│ the trip. At first they were just strange dreams, feelings more than │
│ anything. I would wake and not remember anything but the feeling of │
│ terror. It was not fear either, it was terror." │
│ │
│ "I don't know much about dreams. I do know a lot of people believe │
│ they are indications of things to come. But what their actual meaning │
│ is I don't know." │
│ │
│ "What would you do if you were in my place?" │
│ │
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│ "I can't really say. I know you want to make this trip but ..." Audrey │
│ did not finish her sentence. She sat looking past my shoulder, as if │
│ transfixed by something behind me. Audrey's face appeared to be │
│ frozen. I could not tell if she was held by fear or by astonishment. │
│ I turned around to see what it was she was seeing. There behind me, │
│ over my right shoulder was a figure. The figure was obviously not │
│ solid, for I could see the painting on the wall behind it, through the │
│ figure. I looked at the face, but could not distinguish any features. │
│ Suddenly it faded from view. I turned back around, Audrey's face was │
│ drained of all expression and color. │
│ │
│ "Are you alright Audrey?" I asked, as I stood and moved over to the │
│ couch and sat next to her. "Are you alright?" │
│ │
│ She still did not answer. She sat, looking at the area were the figure │
│ had appeared. I carefully and gently touched her arm. She had no │
│ reaction, it was as if she did not feel me or hear me. Finally I │
│ reached around in front of her and grabbed her other arm and pulled her │
│ toward me, to twist her slightly so her body was no longer facing the │
│ area the figure had appeared. │
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│ "Audrey, are you alright," her face now facing me. │
│ │
│ "What was that?" │
│ │
│ "Who was that is more accurate." │
│ │
│ "Okay, who was that? Was that Anna?" │
│ │
│ "No. I could not make out the face, but it was not Anna." │
│ │
│ "How do you know? If you could not make out the face." │
│ │
│ "The feeling," I could see Audrey starting to relax a bit, so I let go │
│ of her arms. "It was different than the feeling I had in the dreams. │
│ It was someone else, but it was not evil." │
│ │
│ "You could sense this? All I could sense was dread of forthcoming │
│ events." │
│ │
│ "It was not a harmful figure. It was a figure here to give a warning │
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│ or protection. I don't know which. But this is what I sensed." │
│ │
│ Audrey, with great suddenness, turned towards me and grabbed my │
│ shoulders, shock me and screamed in fear, "You can't make this trip │
│ Carol. You must go no further than you have. Something awful is going │
│ to happen." │
│ │
│ "Relax Aud," I responded as calmly as possible, as I broke the hold she │
│ had on me. "I have to make this trip. No matter what the warnings, I │
│ must make this trip." │
│ │
│ "Are you crazy? Something terrible is going to happen. You could ..." │
│ │
│ "Stop." I interrupted her. " Stop right now Audrey. You are only │
│ getting yourself more upset. How long have we known each other │
│ Audrey?" │
│ │
│ "Almost eight years, why?" │
│ │
│ "In all the time we have known each other, have you ever known me to │
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│ talk about things like this? Or have you ever known me to change my │
│ mind once I have decided to do something? I mean without more tangible │
│ evidence and more solid proof than what I have received." │
│ │
│ "No. You always seem to want solid, provable facts." │
│ │
│ "So, do you think I should succumb to these events without more │
│ tangible evidence?" │
│ │
│ "Well you could. Just for safety's sake. If nothing happens to the │
│ people on the tour you were to take then you can have a good laugh │
│ about it. If something does happen, then you can count yourself │
│ lucky." │
│ │
│ "I figure I'm lucky already. I'm taking this trip, fully aware of the │
│ warnings. I'm going on it with my eyes open and knowing full well that │
│ there is the possibility of something happening." │
│ │
│ "So you are going? Without regard to the consequences." │
│ │
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│ "Yes. I can't explain it, but when we first started talking about my │
│ dreams I was not sure I could make the trip. But now, after having │
│ seen this figure, I know I must go. But don't worry. I'm not going │
│ with total disregard to the consequences nor am I going without full │
│ knowledge that something strange or odd lies before me." │
│ │
│ "I wish I could talk you out of this. Had you said anything to your │
│ Mother about your dreams?" │
│ │
│ "No I did not. And don't you get any bright ideas," I could see the │
│ wheels turning in Audrey's mind. She was thinking of calling my Mother │
│ and having her convince me not to go. │
│ │
│ "Perhaps she could give you some insight on all of this. I mean she is │
│ a judge, she deals with facts all the time." │
│ │
│ "Precisely why she would not understand this. Just stop thinking that │
│ way. All that would happen is we would end up in an argument, she │
│ would be angry, I would be angry, and I would still go. And then have │
│ to deal with an angry Mother when I got home." │
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│ Dimensions In The Dark by J. L. Black Page 72 │
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│ "I know what you say is true. But I still think you should not go." │
│ Audrey got up, walked over to the bar, located at the other end of the │
│ sitting room. She poured two brandys and came back, handed me one and │
│ then sat down beside me once again. │
│ │
│ "I don't know about you, but I need this. I've never had an experience │
│ like this before. I hope I never have another one. You surprise me │
│ Carol, you seem to have taken this whole incident very calmly. Have │
│ you experienced this before?" │
│ │
│ "No I haven't. I surprise myself, Audrey. I don't even know if I │
│ believe in this sort of thing." │
│ │
│ "I suppose that is why you don't feel it necessary to stay here. And │
│ not go any further, as you've been warned." │
│ │
│ "I suppose." │
│ │
│ We both sat quietly, sipping at our brandy. I did not want to talk any │
│ further on this subject, and hoped Audrey could sense this. Rod joined │
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│ us and complained that we had not poured him a brandy. Aud went and │
│ got Rod his brandy and then the three of us sat and played a hot game │
│ of Scrabble. Audrey continued to let the events of the evening invade │
│ even the Scrabble game. She used words like psychic, haunt and even │
│ ghost to win the game. │
│ │
│ At one thirty we all said good night and went off to bed. I was once │
│ again tormented in my dreams. I found myself running down the same │
│ proverbial flight of stairs, and Anna at the bottom of them. I always │
│ ran past her, but this time I did not run through the glade. Instead I │
│ was suddenly running down a beach. I was having trouble running │
│ because the sand was deep. When I moved to the waters' edge it became │
│ easier to run but suddenly I ran head long into a bright light. This │
│ light was different than the other times, it was as if it were a wall │
│ of light and I could move no further. I stopped and Anna stood before │
│ me. She warned me again not to take this trip. She said that evil lay │
│ before me and harm could come to me. I woke at this point. And again, │
│ I choose to ignore the warning. │
│ │
│ continued next week.... │
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│ Just A Minute! Page 74 │
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│ * An economical as well environmental idea is recycling paper. This prac- │
│ tice saves 3 cubic yards of landfill and $50.00 in disposal costs for │
│ every ton of paper recycled. Recycling paper stops 60 pounds of air │
│ pollution per one ton and saves 17 trees, 7,000 to 24,000 gallons of │
│ water and 4,100 kilowatt hours of energy. So take a minute and recycle. │
│ * Over 1,500 people each day will be told they have diabetes. 20 percent │
│ of all Americans over the age of 55 are diabetes. │
│ * On average, each employer spends $820 per employee for holiday benefits. │
│ * A business owner works on average 52.5 hours a week whereas an employee │
│ works on average 43.5 hours per week. │
│ * In 1986 12 percent of the U.S. population were over 60 and in the year │
│ 2020 it is expected that 20 percent of the population will be over 60. │
│ * A woman who is uninsured on average spends 1.9 days in the hospital each │
│ year. Whereas the woman insured spend, on average 2.3 days in the │
│ hospital each year. │
│ * At the end of each day, about 22 percent females and 16 percent males │
│ feel stressed. │
│ * The average American drives 10,000 miles a year │
│ * In New York City the average time spent waiting for a taxi is 5 minutes │
│ * Average person, eating at home, spends 6 years of their life eating. │
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│ Strrrrrrrange BITS! Page 75 │
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│ The young girl had been sent to the United States to attend college. Also │
│ it was a means to keep her safe in war torn Europe. She lived at the │
│ sorority house for Jewish girls. The year, 1940. Then word came from │
│ Germany and the young girl was told her parents had been killed in one │
│ of the German concentration camps. So distraught by the news and over- │
│ come with grief the young girl hung herself. │
│ Today, 53 years later, the young girl still lives at the house. Today │
│ it is a the place for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. The members of the │
│ fraternity don't find the girl's presence that peaceful however. │
│ The room the girl reportedly hanged herself was room 310. She tied a rope │
│ to a radiator then threw herself out the one large window in the room. │
│ One frat brother had an embarrassing experience in this room. He went out │
│ to take a shower and when he returned his roommate left the room, so he │
│ could dress. He had come back only in a towel and once his roommate left │
│ he took the towel off and he suddenly heard a girl giggle. He searched the│
│ room, he found nothing. He had wrapped the towel around him once again. │
│ Now he removed the towel again. Again there was another giggle. Again │
│ he searched the room and found nothing. He called out to his roommate, but│
│ his roommate obviously didn't hear him. He was certain someone was playing│
│ a trick on him. But when his roommate did return he was assured no joke │
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│ Strrrrrrrange BITS! Page 76 │
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│ was being played. Each and every time one of them came in from the shower │
│ wearing only a towel then went to dress, they would hear a girl giggle. │
│ Others who used this room reported more strange events. Two other frat │
│ brothers reported hearing footsteps at night, walking across the room then │
│ the wicker chair sounded as though someone was settling down in it. │
│ One of the roomies, whose bed was right next to the wicker chair, reported │
│ hearing a female voice. He got up many an evening to check out the room, │
│ trying to make certain no one else was there. But each time he found noth-│
│ ing. │
│ Everyone staying in the room has complained of excessive heat. But one │
│ man decided to challenge the ghost. He said openly to his frat brothers, │
│ while he sat in the room working on his computer, "if any ghost wants to │
│ come get me, I defy them to try." Just as he completed his statement the │
│ screen on his computer went completely blank. He checked everything, the │
│ CRT was plugged into the wall still, and was still connected to the comput-│
│ er. But the switch to the CRT had been turned off. No one, except him, │
│ was near the machine and he had his back to the machine at the time. │
│ If the story of the suicide is nothing more than legend then someone needs │
│ to explain some events that have taken place in this room. One student, │
│ renting the room during the summer session, reported seeing a young girl │
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│ take a rope, tie it around something, for the radiators had been removed │
│ and replaced with a standard furnace, then place the rope around her │
│ neck and walk over to the window. A moment later, the student reported, │
│ the girl disappeared before his eyes. The student told his roommate about │
│ this event and his roommate confessed he had seen the very same thing a │
│ few nights before. Since that time, neither of them would be in the room │
│ alone. │
│ The house just looks like it is haunted. It stands high and commands a │
│ presence by itself. The Gothic windows and huge front porch promote an │
│ even more eerie feeling. If it had been planned, it could not have been │
│ a more perfect looking house to have haunted. │
│ It is the frat house on the campus in Columbia, Missouri. Reports of many │
│ different events still filter out into the press. The press has a lot of │
│ pleasure poking fun at the stories coming from the fraternity men. But │
│ those living in the house, and especially those in room 310, there isn't │
│ much to laugh about. │
│ No formal investigation has ever been done. No psychic has ever been call-│
│ ed in to try to put the woman to rest. The perfect situation would be to │
│ allow the lady to have the room to herself, but with all the students that │
│ won't be possible. │
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│ U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Release Report Monday │
│ │
│ The United States Commission on Civil Rights will hold a press conference │
│ on Monday, Jan. 11, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 540 at the commission's new │
│ location, 624 Ninth St. N.W. (the YWCA Building), Washington D.C., to │
│ release its report, "Enforcement of Equal Employment and Economic │
│ Opportunity Laws and Programs Relating to the Federally Assisted │
│ Transportation Projects." │
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│ Energy Secretary To Sign Agreement On Super Collider With Russia │
│ │
│ Event: Signing ceremony. Secretary of Energy James D. Watkins will sign │
│ a government-to-government agreement for Russian collaboration on the │
│ Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project. Watkins and Vladimir │
│ Lukin, ambassador of the Russian Federation, will make remarks. An SSC │
│ project official will be avaialble after the ceremony for a question and │
│ answer period. │
│ │
│ When: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 │
│ Where: Room 8E-089, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Av, SW, D.C. │
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│ Intn'l Financier To Give $25 Million To Macedonia Page 80 │
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│ MACEDONIA, 1-5/US Newswire: George Soros, the Hungarian-born founder & │
│ president of The Soros Foundations, will provide a $25 million revolving │
│ loan to the government of the Republic of Macedonia in an effort to assist│
│ the country's survival through the winter. Macedonia has yet to be │
│ officially recognized by European Community states, the U.S., & the │
│ United Nations, & is therefore not eligible to receive aid from major │
│ international financial organizations. The loan is meant to raise the │
│ world's awareness to the critical & dangerous situation in Macedonia │
│ today. Soros commented, "The government of Macedonia is a coalition of │
│ moderate Macedonians & Albanians. It is trying very hard to preserve a │
│ multi-ethnic society, but is threatened from all sides: Macedonian │
│ extremists on one side, Albanian extremists on the other. The present │
│ Yugoslav government has a great interest in fomenting trouble & the Greek │
│ government seems intent on preventing an independent Macedonia from │
│ existing at all. Lack of heat & other economic hardships are exacerbating │
│ ethnic tensions. If there is conflict in Macedonia, it is likely to │
│ degenerate into a general Balkan war; on the other hand, if a multi-ethnic│
│ society can survive there, it would help to contain the turmoil that has │
│ engulfed the region. The time to recognize Macedonia is now. Why must │
│ we always wait until conflict actually breaks out before we act?" │
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│ US Sues Four Colorado Farmers for False Claims Page 81 │
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│ DC, 1-6/US Newswire: The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against │
│ 4 farmers, alleging they defrauded the Dept of Agriculture by submitting │
│ false claims for payments to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Assistant │
│ Attorney General Stuart M. Gerson, head of the Civil Division, said the │
│ complaint was filed in US District Court in Lincoln, NE, against Larry │
│ Bond of Joes, CO; Kent Crawford of Eaton, CO; & Jack Bond & Randy Bond, │
│ both of Greeley, CO The complaint alleged that the defendants made false │
│ statements to CCC for program payments from at least 1985 through '87 │
│ while enrolled in a crop subsidy program admin'ed by the Agricultural │
│ Stablization & Conservation Service. The defendants received $815,116 in │
│ payments, of which at least $500,000 they weren't entitled to. According │
│ to the complaint, the defendants in signing contracts to receive payments, │
│ represented themselves as separate entities as defined by the program & │
│ were therefore entitled to individual payments. The government said the │
│ claims by Bond, Bond & Crawford each individual financed his own farming │
│ operation were false because Jack Bond financed portions of the costs of │
│ farming the land for which they received payments & that Larry & Randy │
│ Bond & Crawford did not own their own equipment as they claimed. The │
│ complaint said CCC paid an inflated amount for the program payments by │
│ relying on the defendants' misrepresentations. │
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│ First Issue of Virginia Public Facilities Bonds Sold Page 82 │
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│ RICHMOND, 1-8/US Newswire: State Treasurer Moore announced that the first │
│ issue of Commonwealth of Virginia Public Facilities Bonds were sold. Gov. │
│ Wilder joined the Treasury Board in accepting bids for the $100 million │
│ bond issue, which will provide funds for capital projects for higher │
│ educational facilities, parks & recreational facilities & mental health │
│ facilities. The bonds, which were approved by voters of the commonwealth, │
│ will be backed by a pledge of the full faith & credit of the commonwealth.│
│ Wilder stated he was very pleased with the results of the bond sale. "I │
│ am pleased the commonwealth could so quickly implement a bond financing │
│ that the voters approved just last November. These funds should greatly │
│ assist in priming the pump of the commonwealth's economy." The bonds were │
│ sold to a syndicate of underwriters headed by The First Boston Corp. The │
│ syndicate included Craigie Inc. & Davenport & Co. Inc., both of Richmond. │
│ The low bid resulted in a true interest cost of 5.5136%. True interest │
│ cost is a common measure of the cost of borrowing, & was the basis of the │
│ award of the bonds. Moore stated the bids received were quite aggressive.│
│ "We received 5 bids for the bonds, ranging from 5.5136% to 5.5350%. The │
│ small difference between the high & low bids indicates that the market │
│ understands & appreciates the commonwealth's high credit quality." VA is │
│ 1 of 5 states to hold Triple A rating from the 3 credit rating agencies. │
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│ Justice Department Announces Hansen Sentence Page 83 │
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│ DC, 1-8/US Newswire: US Attorney Norton, together with O'Meara, Acting │
│ Ass't Attorney General of the Environment & Natural Resources Division of │
│ the US dept of Justice in DC, announced Hansen Container Corp sentenced │
│ for violating federal environmental law in the operation of a used-drum │
│ recycling facility in CO. Hansen Container Corp entered a plea of guilty │
│ on 8-20-92, pursuant to a plea agreement, to one felony count of storage │
│ & disposal of hazardous waste at its Grand Junction facility. Previously,│
│ Hansen Jr, the co's president, & Bilney, the company's administrative │
│ ass't, each plead guilty to misdemeanor violations of the Clean Air Act & │
│ were sentenced to serve a 30-day period of incarceration & pay a fine of │
│ $10,000. The convictions relate to activities occurring at the Grand │
│ Junction facility in '87 during which time Hansen Container Corp operated │
│ a drum reconditioning facility. Hansen Container obtained used 55 gallon │
│ drums from a variety of industrial sources & collected the drums at its │
│ Grand Junction site. Employees would dump liquid hazardous waste onto │
│ the ground & burn hazardous waste which remained in the used drums. The │
│ co operated the burner illegally & caused dense plumes of black smoke & │
│ lead waste to be released into the environment. Some of the wastes that │
│ were dumped included acid, pesticides, solvents & lead- contaminated │
│ wastes. │
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│ AIDS Is Key Concern of Black State Legislators Page 84 │
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│ │
│ DC, 1-11/US Newswire: The National Black Caucus of State │
│ Legislators regards the HIV/AIDS epidemic as an issue of primary │
│ importance which threatens not only the health of many of its │
│ constituents, but the very survival and existence of this nation's │
│ African American community, NBCSL President, Colorado State Sen. │
│ Regis F. Groff, said today. Further action came in May 1992 when │
│ Groff, NBCSL Health Committee Chair, Rep. Roscoe Dixon (D-Tenn.) │
│ and NBCSL Human Services Chair Rep. Margaret Carter (D-Ore.) led │
│ an NBCSL-sponsored conference with its sole topic as the HIV/AIDS │
│ crisis in the African American community, one of the first major │
│ African American organizations to do so, Groff said. At its 16th │
│ Annual Legislative Conference in December 1992, NBCSL passed three │
│ HIV/AIDS related resolutions, Groff said proudly. These call for │
│ the use of Needle Exchange and Distribution Programs to reduce the │
│ spread of the HIV virus; an increase in the number of HIV/AIDS │
│ Programs that are culturally sensitive to the African American │
│ community; and, the replication of the HIV/AIDS program model │
│ designed by the New York based Black Leadership Commission on │
│ AIDS. │
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│ DOJ Issues Business Review Letter of Cleveland Hospitals Page 85 │
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│ DC, 1-7/US Newswire: The Department of Justice announced it does not │
│ intend to challenge under the antitrust laws a proposal by Case Western │
│ Reserve University School of Medicine & University Hospitals of Cleveland │
│ to use a single agent to negotiate contract terms & fees with third-party │
│ payers on behalf of the 19 separate physician practice groups that provide│
│ medical care @ UHC. The position was set forth in a business review letter│
│ from Gidley, acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Antitrust │
│ Division, to Gregory G. Binford, counsel for UHC, a teaching hospital │
│ affiliated with Case Western. Under the proposal, UHC would designate a │
│ single agent to negotiate with third-party payers on behalf of all the │
│ physicians who are organized into different practice groups according to │
│ medical specialties. Each practice group would provide the agent with a │
│ list of medical procedures & related ranges of prices for negotiating fees│
│ for each procedure. Third-party payers would be advised that they would be│
│ free to conduct negotiations directly with any group. Each practice group,│
│ similarly, would be free to conduct negotiations directly with a third- │
│ party payer. If negotiations proceeded through the agent, each practice │
│ group would be free to accept or reject the agent-negotiated contract. │
│ If any group rejected the negotiated contract, that practice group could │
│ renegotiate or decide not to contract. │
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│ Government Releases Directory of Education Resources Page 86 │
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│ DC, 1-6/US Newswire: For the first time ever, American students, teachers │
│ and parents will have access to a comprehensive listing of educational │
│ resources in their local area, as well as throughout the nation. The │
│ "Guidebook to Excellence: A Directory of Federal Facilities and Other │
│ Resources for Mathematics and Science Education Improvement" was released │
│ at a White House press conference. A teacher or parent anywhere in the │
│ U.S. can now look up those nearby federal laboratories and other state │
│ and regional facilities that sponsor science and mathematics initiatives, │
│ and obtain the name and phone number of someone who can help. On Nov. │
│ 16, 1992, President Bush signed Executive Order 12821 on Improving │
│ Mathematics and Science Education in Support of the National Education │
│ Goals, making education part of the mission of each federal agency and │
│ empowering those agencies to utilize their resources to improve science │
│ and mathematics education in America. The Guidebook to Excellence │
│ enables teachers, parents and students to take advantage of the federal │
│ laboratories, scientists and equipment made available by the Executive │
│ Order. Educators, parents and anyone else wishing to receive a copy of │
│ the Guidebook to Excellence should call 615-576-8401, or write to the │
│ Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, │
│ Tenn. 37831. │
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│ SPECIAL ALERT Page 87 │
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│ US Jewish, Arab, Muslim, Christian Groups Issue Joint Call for U.S. │
│ Leadership to Defend People of Bosnia │
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│ American Jewish, Arab, Muslim and Christian groups conducted │
│ a joint press conference Wednesday, Jan. 6, to urge forceful │
│ U.S. leadership to provide for the defense of Bosnia, assure │
│ safe haven for refugees of the genocidal "ethnic cleansing" in │
│ that republic, and deter ethnic or nationalist violence in other │
│ regions of the former Yugoslavia. The news session is took place │
│ Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Zenger Room of the National Press Club. │
│ "As Christians, Muslims and Jews we feel the suffering of the │
│ people of Bosnia," the groups said in a joint statement to be │
│ released Wednesday. "In a single voice, we call on our │
│ government to relieve that suffering." Participants in the joint │
│ call to action include the American Jewish Committee, American │
│ Muslim Council, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, National │
│ Association of Arab Americans, Religious Action Center of Reform │
│ Judaism, American Task Force for Bosnia, American Jewish │
│ Congress, Americans for Freedom in Former Yugoslavia, and the │
│ Albanian American Civic League. │
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│ Super Collider News Page 88 │
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│ U.S., Russia Sign Agreement on Super Collider │
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│ DC, 1-6/US Newswire: Secretary of Energy Watkins signed a │
│ government-to-government agreement today between the United States │
│ Department of Energy and the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic Energy │
│ (MINATOM) for a program of collaboration on the Superconducting Super │
│ Collider (SSC). The Low and Medium Energy Boosters are two of a sequence │
│ of five accelerators at the SSC. The 0.35 mile (0.54 km) Low Energy │
│ Booster will receive beams of protons from a linear accelerator at an │
│ energy of 600 million electron volts and boost their energy with radio │
│ frequency pulses to 11 billion electron volts. The 2.4 mile (4 km) │
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│ trillion electron volts so that the resulting collision between the beams │
│ will occur with a total energy of up to 40 trillion electron volts. │
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