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Chapter Thirty-Eight
Andrews AFB/Washington, D.C./December 3
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The subject of today's press briefing at the White House was expected to be the latest fine-tuning of the National Health Insurance Act.
Instead, Presidential Press Secretary Bob Stover spent most of his time trying to quell rumors of trouble brewing to the north. No one seems to be quite clear about what the trouble is, and, of course, Prime Minister Halloran and President Caidin deny any disagreement vigorously. But something is cooking, children. You don't suppose that we're back to "54-40 or Fight" after all these years?
LIZ SCHORR, IN THE "WASHINGTON INSIDER" COLUMN
An icy wind blew across Washington and the temperature dropped steadily into the twenties. Sleet-laden rain slashed at the windshield of the air force van taking John Morgan and Arkady Karmann to Andrews Air Force Base. The driver, a baby-faced sergeant, was forced to slow to a crawl in the heavy traffic.

 
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