The Glass Bottom Boat
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Father, Axel Nordstrom,
operates glass-bottom boat in Catalina.

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Girl lives alone with dog, two mynah birds
and tropical fish.

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Hobbies: boating and cooking.
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Won first prize in baking contest
for banana-cream cake.

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Holds navigator's license number 7256.
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Currently taking night courses in..."
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Now are you ready for this?
"Dramatic writing, ballet, sculpture...

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...music appreciation, radio telegraphy,
ceramics and mapmaking."

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- Mapmaking. And I thought I was busy.
- You got some problem with this girl, sir?

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Yeah, the toughest kind, Homer.
Two bodies moving in different orbits.

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There's an equation for everything.
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You were quoted on that
in one of the magazines.

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Yeah, you take Mars
and you take Venus.

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- Yes, sir.
- Well, Mars is locked in his orbit...

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...because of extreme pressure.
- Pressure? Oh, right, right.

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But if we can induce Venus to move out
of her orbit with the added factors...

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...of X plus Y and apply it to COD...
- COD?

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Yeah, "contents of dossier."
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- I'm lost.
- No, no, look.

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COD plus X Y to the second power...
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...plus OS, orbit shift, equals...
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...Mars and Venus joined.
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Amazing, sir. Do you think
the world's ready for this?

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Like all great thinking, it's a wonder
nobody thought of it before.

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- Mrs. Nelson.
- Oh, yes, sir?

:19:35
Mr. Templeton wishes to see you
in his office.

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Mr. Temp...? Oh, about what, sir?
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You see, Mrs. Nelson,
in a very short time from now...

:19:43
...a manned rocket will take off for some
far distant part of our solar system.

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If I'm not here to answer questions...
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...your biography will anticipate anything
that might be asked about me.

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Yes, sir.
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To help you work more effectively,
I'll take you into my confidence.

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All this is classified, of course.

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