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ProfessorJoyce.
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Yes?
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I have to ask you
to stick around.
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Why, Commander?
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Because the...
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the Navy would appreciate it.
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I'm sure the Navy's able
to get along without me.
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Dr. Carter
seems to think otherwise.
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Dr. Carter's perfectly able
to speak for himself.
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I'm speaking for him.
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I'm expected at a board of regents
meeting on Tuesday.
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It's about the appropriations
for our coming academic year.
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Are those appropriations
that important?
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To my school, very much so.
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You know, this thing that may be
running loose in the Pacific...
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that could be important too.
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- I'm sure of it.
- Perhaps not in the way you think.
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I'm a scientist, Commander.
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I don't have to be reminded that your
objectives are not necessarily my own.
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Our objectives have nothing to do
with the situation.
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The Navy will see you're not penalized
for your absence from the institute.
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Arrangements will be made.
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Well, I feel
like I'm being drafted.
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You are.
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It was still too early for the world
to know what was going on...
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behind that closed door.
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Only a handful of men in high places
heard reports of progress made...
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and waited impatiently
for the final conclusion.
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Mathews speaking.
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Oh, yes, Admiral.
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Hold on a minute, sir.
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They're still making tests, sir.
There's nothing conclusive to tell you.
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I'll call you
the minute anything happens.
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Yes, sir.
Good night, sir.
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During 12 days and nights
nothing was certain.