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BYRAYMONDF.JONES

Borge,thechiefengineerofIntercontinental,glanceddownattheblue-backed

folderinhishand.ThenhelookedatthestrainedfaceofRegStone.histop

engineer.

Itsnouse,saidBorge.Werecancelingtheproject.Millensreportis

negative.HefindstheBWeffectimpossibleofpracticalapplication.Youcan

readthedetails.yourself.

Canceling!RegStonehalfrosefromhischair.Butchief.youcantdo

that.Millenscrazy.Whatcanheprovewithonlyalittlemathandno

experimentaldata?Imrightontheedgeofsuccess.IfIcouldjustmakeyou

seeit!

Ihaveseenit.Icantseeanythingthatwarrantsourpouringoutanother

twenty-fivethousandbucksafterthehundredandfiftyyourprojecthas

alreadycostthecompany.

Twenty,then.Evenfifteenmightdoit.Barge,ifyoudontletmegoonwith

thisyourepassingupthebiggestdevelopmentofthecentury.Someother

outfitwithmoregutsandimaginationandlessrespectforhigh-pricedopinion

inprettyfoldersis.goingtocomethroughwithit.Teleportationisinthe

bag—allwevegottodoisliftitout!

MajesticandCarruthersElectrichavebothcanceledtheirprojectsonit.

ProfessorMerrillHanford,whoassistedBots-Welltonintheoriginalresearch,

saysthattheBWeffectwillneverbeanythingofmorethanacademic

interest.

Hanford!Regexploded.Hesjealousbecausehedoesnthavethebrainsto

produceadiscoveryofthatmagnitude.Bots-Welltonhimselfsaysthatass

effectwilleventuallymakeitpossibletoeliminateallothermeansof

freighttransportandmostpassengerstuffexceptthatwhichismerelyfor

pleasure.

Allofwhichisverywell,saidBorge,exceptThatitdoesntworkoutside

ofaninsignificantlaboratorydemonstration.

Insignificant!Theactualtransferofsixmilligramsofsilverovera

distanceoftenfeetishardlyinsignificant.AsforMillensmath,wehavent

gottherighttoolstohandlethis.