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Show -239- after that." "Why?" "The Union is meeting next weekend. I think they xrill vote to s t r i k e ." "That should give you more free time." He laughed, but not a happy laugh. "Nobody knows xrhat i t xrill be l i k e , " he said. "No University faculty has ever gone on s t r i k e . My guess is that i t xrill be more dmanding than usual. Picketing. Meetings. All that sort of thing. Besides, i t ' s bound to be distracting." No one commented on t h i s statement, and the Professor vas glad. He had decided xrhen he came here today not to talk about the troubles at the University. If they asked questions.; he would ansxrer. That xas a l l . S t i l l , the whole matter xas a disturbance lingering in the back of his mind.,He xas glad xrhen the music changed to Silent Night and everyone began solemnly to l i s t e n. He thought of the txro couples coming a f t e r dinner. He xrould have liked i t better without outside guests, but his daughter had told him these xrere people xrho had no family and no place to go on Christmas Eve. nevertheless, he liked the atmosphere as i t xas noxr, quiet, easy. It xrould be bound to change xmen the company arrived. He had finished his drink. His Son-in-law noticed and came over for his g l a s s . His wife had only a swallow l e f t in hers, so the son-in-law waited while she drained i t , then went |