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The Cliche Expert Testifies on Disarmament

Cabbages and Kings

A: No, Russell sent a telegram.

Q: Excuse me. Maybe it was Fromm who said...

A: No, no. Fromm has made yet another plea.

Q: Then it must have been Pauling who said...

A: Stop. You just cannot learn. It was Pauling who testified.

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Q: Testified about what?

A: Well you might have read that the leftist chemist testified that U.S. bomb tests caused genetic harm to present and future generations; or, the Nobel-Prize winning scientist testified that Soviet bomb tests do the same thing. It depends, of course.

Q: While we're on the subject of individuals, let me ask you about Henry Kissinger?

A: Studying the complexities.

Q: Of what?

A: Of the situation.

Q: I see. And Professor Hoffmann?

A: Making the difficult distinctions.

Q: And Leo Szilard?

A: Leo Szilard is exploring new approaches.

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