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Show -192- ing from a l l the loudspeakers. The buffet was crowded with shoppers. As they stood in the long line to get their trays, the Professor and his friend talked briefly about the meeting. "What do you think will happen nox*?" his friend asked. "I think there will be a s t r i k e , " the Professor replied. "Yeah. What else is there?" "That's the whole point. Something has to be done. My idea of mass resignation f e l l f l a t . No one has come up with anything else. A s t r i k e is a l l t h a t ' s l e f t ." A t a l l , slender man in the line ahead of them turned and glared. He wore a blue ribbon as an armband. When he turned to collect his tray and cutlery, the Professor's friend whis*- pered: "Dig that armband." "What about it?" the Professor asked. "Our Korean friend has asked anyone who supports him to wear a blue band on his sleeve." "Good God!" the Professor exclaimed. "Supports him in what?" "In calling in the police." The Professor looked more closely at the man. He wore a charcoal gray suit, a white shirt, and a black tie. He was no one the Professor knew. He didn't look like either faculty or student from the University. He looked more like a clerk from one of the shops in the center. "Do you know him?" he asked his friend. |