"Mike Resnick - Inquiry into the Auction of the United States of America" - читать интересную книгу автора (Resnick Mike)

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Statement from Big Frank Stephens, President of the Brotherhood of Coal MinersтАЩ Local #403: тАЬThey
try to convert without using my union and I'll pull out every miner from here to Albany, and then let's
see how warm they keep this winter while they're putting in half a trillion solar batteries!тАЭ

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Statement from Eugene V. Hagermann, Professor of History at Yale University: тАЬNo, I definitely
wouldn't liken this to the fall of the Roman Empire. For one thing, Christianity and military
overexpansion have nothing to do with our current situation. For another, the Romans had class.тАЭ

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Statement from Frederick J. Allenby, Chairman of the Board of Exxon Power Company: тАЬLook, a
corporation that can't keep up with the times is bound to go under. We're sorry about Standard and Shell
and Mobil, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I'd like to go into the subject in more detail, but I'm a
little pressed for time right now. I'm getting together with some astronomers up at Mt. Palomar to
determine a proper solar depletion allowance.тАЭ

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On October 14, 2016, the United States of America was sold to the Republic of Yemen for 22.4 billion
dollars. The underbidder was the still-unsettled estate of Howard Hughes.

Payment was made in Japanese yen.




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