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:08:00
Petro-dollars;
a golden flood of jobs.

:08:02
You write a story
about that

:08:03
I'll put it right there
on the front page.

:08:06
Thank you
for stopping by, Tert.

:08:08
Yeah, thanks, Tert.
:08:12
Aw, gee...
:08:14
What was that
all about?

:08:16
Oh, uh, he owns Mobil Oil.
:08:20
Ten shares.
:08:24
WAVEY:
What about your column?

:08:26
What about it?
:08:28
You said you'd
read it to me.

:08:30
Yeah, I will,
once the game is done.

:08:32
(horn blowing)
:08:39
"There's a 1904 photo hung
in the Killick-Claw library...

:08:42
"eight schooners heading out
to the fishing grounds

:08:46
"their sails are white
and beautiful.

:08:48
"But nowadays you're just
as likely to see

:08:51
"a big black shape
of an oil tanker

:08:53
"like the rupturedGolden Goose.
:08:55
"Last week it leaked
14,000 tons of crude

:08:58
"onto the seabirds, fish
and boats at Cape Despot.

:09:02
"There will be more
and more tankers.

:09:04
"They will get old and corroded
and their tanks will split.

:09:07
"And there will be less fish,
and less fishermen.

:09:12
"Nobody hangs a picture
of an oil tanker

:09:15
on their wall, do they?"
:09:20
What do you think?
:09:23
I think when Tert Card sees it,
he'll stay up nights

:09:27
thinking of cheap shots
to pay you back.

:09:30
I think he won't stop
until you're fired.

:09:36
I think I haven't been so proud
of a friend...

:09:41
since I don't know when.
:09:48
(switch clicks)
:09:50
(water bubbling)
:09:59
(door squeaking)

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