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.“So it’s now safe to say that the drought is a thing of the past,” the commentator chirped.Rossman nodded.“My group’s two-month forecast indicates that precipitation levels should be slightly above normal for the entire area east of the Appalachians.Of course, my forecasts aren’t foolproof, but they’re good evidence that we’re on the way out of the drought.”“His forecasts,” Barney whispered.“And now,” the commentator said, “I believe that Dr.Weis has an announcement to make.”The camera switched to the President’s Science Adviser.He had a pleasant, squarish face, so creased and tanned that he looked more like a cowboy than a physicist.“As a result of Dr.Rossman’s pioneering work on weather modification, exemplified by his alleviation of the serious drought that had affected the northeast sector of the nation, I have recommended to the President that he be considered for the National Medal of Science.”Snap! Ted broke the pencil.“As you know, the National Medal of Science is awarded each year to.”Ted flicked the set off savagely.“The National Medal,” Barney said, shocked.“It’s not fair.He doesn’t deserve it.”“I suspect,” Tuli said, “that Dr.Rossman is just as surprised about the award as we are.”“He can’t accept it,” I said.“The whole story will come out into the open.”Ted looked at the shattered pieces of the pencil in his hand, and dropped them into his wastebasket.“The story won’t circulate very far.What’d you say if Albert Einstein’s housekeeper popped up and claimed she figured out the laws of relativity and her boss took the credit?”“That’s not the same thing at all.”“Is for now, friend.Important thing is that the drought’s broken, and weather mods are respectable now.That’s a big jump in the right direction.Rossman knows the score, and so does the Chief, and your Congressman friend.Okay, Rossman gets the credit for this one.In public.We’ve got the talent.”I shook my head.“There’s a fifty-thousand-dollar prize attached to that award, isn’t there?”“Peanuts,” Ted snapped.“Money follows talent, pal.I’m young and willing to work.Which reminds me, I need you here.How about becoming a public servant?”13.Storm CloudsFOR an instant, I couldn’t believe I had heard Ted correctly.“What did you say?”“I want you to work here.We need you.”“You must be joking.”“No joke.Look around this dump.” His arms swept around in an all-inclusive gesture.“Think Rossman likes having us here? Think he’s going to feel comfy with that National Science Medal around his neck as long as we’re here to stare him down? There’s going to be trouble around here sooner or later, and I need all the friends I’ve got.”“What makes you think I’m friendly?” I heard myself ask.Ted sat up sharply.“You’re not still sore about me leaving Aeolus? Only thing I could do, Jerry.You know that.”“And now you want me to walk out on Aeolus too.”He made a helpless shrug.“We’re getting buried in paperwork, Rossman’s piling it higher every day.Trying to drown us in red tape.We go too fast for him; he was scared to death about the drought mods, now he’s worried about what we’ll spring on him next.So he’s trying to slow us down with paperwork.You can help us get out from under.”I couldn’t sit still any more.Getting up from my chair, I glanced at Barney.She was watching me, but I couldn’t tell from her expression what she wanted me to do.“Ted, if you had been with Santa Anna’s army at the Alamo, you’d have had the nerve to ask Davy Crockett to change sides!”“What sides? We all want the same thing.weather control.I need your help.”“Then you can buy my help.From Aeolus Research Laboratory!”He blinked.“Now wait a minute.”“No, you wait,” I said, standing in front of his desk [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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