Word: mortals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Daniel Ellsberg, cornering McNamara on a plane to argue against escalation-"a Dostoevskyan figure" in mortal combat with a computer...
...TASK BEFORE THE MOAKLEY people is enormous: they've got to persuade people who for years have walked into a voting booth and automatically pulled the Democratic lever that (a) there are other candidates on the ballot and (b) voting for an Independent is not a mortal sin. To do this, Moakley volunteers have canvassed the district and plan to be at every poll passing out information tomorrow...
...mountains of microfilm have been tirelessly assembled by diligent bureaucrats, who build with a blind devotion worthy of the men who once erected the Pyramids. Unfortunately, the monumental results of their labors are largely hidden from public view and sometimes labeled "Secret" or "Top secret" -unfit for most mortal eyes...
...mere mortal commissioner, Mrs. Maria Monti, seems to be in the awkward position of having to divine the will of the Lord. The case raises other intriguing questions. What standing does the Lord have under California law? Does he ever concern himself with such mundane matters as money? Should he not be subpoenaed? But if so, where would the marshal go to serve the papers? And who but the devil himself would have the temerity to cross-examine...
...find two mice gnawing through it from above. Represented by chattering dentures extended on long poles, they are about to sever his lifeline, when he spies a strawberry. Seizing and eating it, he reaches a complete enlightenment of Zen, found through the perfection of the fruit, and abandoning his mortal fate with a blissful cry of "Strawberry!", he drops to the waiting tigers below as the stage blacks...