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song in which the engineers offered their services build a bridge to Mars or a ten-foot shaft to Hel1". Sheila says that in an atmosphere of that sort, who would fear a little project like raising a secret sister?" It is interesting to note, however, that TVism cuts a- cross every conceivable profession, and that it is very difficult to establish any sort of relationship between the type of work one does and the presence of the "girl. within". I've noticed and I don't think we should try to draw any hasty conclusions from this, that a good majority of TV's are Republicans--and a good number of them in the Conservative ranks, how about electing a TV President some day?

It is interesting (and perhaps easier to understand) to note the number of TV's who are avid science fiction fans. Are to perchance trying to find THE story in which TV's are real heroes (oops, I mean heroines?) I've been thinking about such a story for some time and have come up with a plot. I just wished I had the time to sit down and write it into a good novelette. Pegie Val Adair liked the story and promised she'd block it into chapters for me. What about it, Pegie? Anyway, here's the idea:

The year is sometime in the future. The Russians--as ususal - have violated another treaty. This time its the nuclear test ban. Both sides have been nuclear testing like mad for some time. The fall-out is increasing. Suddenly a scientist spots an odd fact. The number of births of baby girls is decreasing. Science gets to work but, to no avail. The number of girl births keeps, dropp ing only boys are being born. Our story begins when it's been 20 years since the last baby girl was born. Mankind realizes that it is doomed to total extinction. THere are only a few women left. These are carefully protected by society in the hope that by some miracle they may again be able to give birth to girls. The popula- tion of the world has shrunk at a dizzying rate. What has happened to this society almost entirely made of men' Many of them have taken to homesexual attachments, others however just work and live to try and forget the beautiful past and not to think of the inevitable oblitera- ion of the race, The concept of family life has been

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