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The launch.(Story)(Short story)

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| April 01, 2006 | McBurnie, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At a desk covered in rows of white name badges, like decks of playing cards, a young woman smiled up and said, "Hello. Your name, please?"

"Jerry Mart."

Above the young woman's head, over the entrance to the hotel's main seminar room, a large banner greeted the attendees: "Bytepoint Computer Systems Welcomes You!"

The young woman lowered her head to search through the lines of name badges, but Jerry interrupted her with a confident voice. "You won't find my name there," he said. "I'm from the Attorney-General's Department; I just came along on impulse."

"Okay," the young woman said, unconcerned. She filled out a blank card with the ...

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