| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: maid to get that information. And here's a Synopsis of Preceding
Chapters of Hall Caine's new serial to appear next June. And here's a
couple of pounds of vers de societe that I got at a rate from the
clever magazines. That's the stuff that people everywhere want. And
now here's a writeup with photographs at the ages of four, twelve,
twenty-two, and thirty of George B. McClellan. It's a
prognostication. He's bound to be elected Mayor of New York. It '11
make a big hit all over the country. He--"
"I beg your pardon," said Colonel Telfair, stiffening in his chair.
"What was the name?"
"Oh, I see," said Thacker, with half a grin. Yes, he's a son of the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: 1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PROJECT TRINITY
The development of a nuclear weapon was a low priority for the United
States before the outbreak of World War II. However, scientists
exiled from Germany had expressed concern that the Germans were
developing a nuclear weapon. Confirming these fears, in 1939 the
Germans stopped all sales of uranium ore from the mines of occupied
Czechoslovakia. In a letter sponsored by group of concerned
scientists, Albert Einstein informed President Roosevelt that German
experiments had shown that an induced nuclear chain reaction was
possible and could be used to construct extremely powerful bombs (7;
12)*.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde: Then she flings herself down beside a sofa and buries her face. Her
sobs are like the sobs of a child.]
ACT DROP
THIRD ACT
SCENE
The Library in Lord Goring's house. An Adam room. On the right is
the door leading into the hall. On the left, the door of the
smoking-room. A pair of folding doors at the back open into the
drawing-room. The fire is lit. Phipps, the butler, is arranging
some newspapers on the writing-table. The distinction of Phipps is
his impassivity. He has been termed by enthusiasts the Ideal Butler.
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