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burst“Have you been to Anaheim?” he asked mischievously
“I could never afford it
“We had diplomatic passes
“Christ, you’re human, after allCome on, let’s take a walk and talk some turkey
They crossed over a miniature bridge into New London, Connecticut, home of America’s
submarine construction, and strolled down to the Volkhov River, which in this area had been turned
into a maximum security naval base—again, all in realistic miniatureHigh fences and armed “U
Marine” guards were stationed at the gates and patrolled the grounds fronting the concrete slips that
held enormous mock-ups of the stallions of America’s nuclear undersea fleet
“We have all the stations, all the schedules, every device and every reduced inch of the piers,”
said Benjamin“And we’ve yet to break the security proceduresIsn’t that crazy?”
“Not for a minute
“Yes, but we’re betterExcept for minor pockets of discontent, we believe
“What?”
“Your crap notwithstanding, white America was never in slavery
“That’s not only long-past history, young man, but rather selective history, isn’t it?”
“You sound like a professor
“Suppose I were?”
“I’d argue with you
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“Only if you were in a sufficiently broad-minded environment that allowed you to argue with
authority
“Oh, come on, cut the bullshit, man! The academic-freedom bromide is historyCheck out our
campusesWe’ve got rock and blue jeans and more grass than you can find the right paper to roll it
in
“That’s progress?”
“Would you believe it’s a start?”
“I’ll have to think about it
“Can you really help my mother?”
“Can you really help me?”
“Let’s tryOkay, this Carlos the JackalI’ve heard of him but he’s not large in my vocabul