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“It’s going to take me thirty or forty-fiveweary of the billionaire’s rude rab so to drink?”

“Do they have Chai tea?” the billionaire said

“No,” the scientist said wearily, “but there’s a Starbucks on the commons that does”

After giving him directions to the Starbucks, he waited until the man walked out and closed the door to the laboratory

“Idiot,” the scientist said

Then he walked over to a sold inside After it melted, he placed the saive a breakdown of the percentages of the otherthe ratios with known ores already eneral area where the gold had been mined

As he waited for the azine Twenty minutes later, the machine stopped

THE president of the United States was sitting in an Adirondack chair behind the main house at Camp David, Maryland The president of Russia sat across fro the two

Though not visible, 2 billion in foreign aid was on the table

“How does it sound, Vlad?” the president asked

“You know I’ve never been a big fan of the Chinese,” the Russian president said, “but the foreign aid is only a bandage My country’s factories need orders for our economy to mend itself”

The president nodded “The biggest-ticket iteet are always thelist aWhat if I could steer some of that business your way?”

The Russian president sive ainst the Chinese, who as you well know make an enemy of anyone who befriends Taiwan”

The president rose from the chair and stretched “Now, Vlad,” he said, “isn’t that the nucleus of negotiation—to give both sides what they want?”

“I think,” the Russian president said, rising, “we may just have a deal”