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Everybody turned. The quiet man in the brown tweed suit had spoken; now he looked as though he were very much regretting it. EVERYBODY TURNED THE QUIET MAN IN THE BROWN TWEED SUIT HAD SPOKEN NOW HE LOOKED AS THOUGH HE WERE VERY MUCH REGRETTING IT
ack. He turned to the trustees. "You see the position I'm in, here, with this infernal Higher Education Faculty Tenure Act? I have a madman on my faculty, and can I get rid of him? No! I demand his resignation, and he laughs at me and goes running for his lawyer! And he is a madman! Nobody but a madman would talk the way he does. You think this Khalid ib'n Hussein business is the only time he's done anything like this? Why, I have a list of a dozen occasions when he's done something just as bad, only he didn't have a lucky coincidence to back him up. Trying to get books that don't exist out of the library, and then insisting that they're standard textbooks. Talking about the revolt of the colonies on Mars and Venus. Talking about something he calls the Terran Federation, some kind of a world empire. Or something he calls Operation Triple Cross, that saved the country during some fantastic war he imagined...." "_What did you say?_" The question cracked out like a string of pistol shots. Y AS CHARLES WHITBURN YELLED BACK HE TURNED TO THE TRUSTEES YOU SAY THE POLITICIAN I'M IN HERE WITH HIS INFERNAL HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY TEN YER ACT I HAVE A MADMAN ON MY FACULTY AND CAN I GET RID OF HIM NO I DEMAND HIS RESIGNATION AND HE LAUGHS AT ME AND GOES RUNNING FOR HIS LAWYER AND HE IS A MADMAN NOBODY BUT A BAD MAN WOULD TALK THE WAY HE DOES YOU THINK THIS HOLLY DIDN'T KNOWSANE BUSINESS IS THE ONLY TIME HE'S DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHY I HAVE A LIST OF EIGHT DOZEN OCCASIONS WHEN HE'S DONE SOMETHING JUST AS BAD ONLY IT DIDN'T HAVE A LUCKY COINCIDENCE TO BACK HIM UP TRYING TO GET BOOKS THAT DON'T EXIST OUT OF A LIBRARY AND THEN INSISTING THAT THEY'RE STANDARD TEXTBOOKS TALKING ABOUT THE REVOLT OF THE COLONIES ON MARS AND BAYONETS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HE CALLS A TERRAN FEDERATION SOME KIND OF WORLD EMPIRE OR SOMETHING HE CALLS OPERATION TRIPLE CROSS THAT SAVE THE COUNTRY DURING SOME FANTASTIC QUARRY IMAGINE WHAT DID YOU SAY THE QUESTION CRACKED OUT LIKE A STRING OF PISTOL SHOTS
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