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a full briefing this morning

"Next thing on my checklist." ‘I’ll be there at about eight. Have some answers for me then, please." "One more thing. As soon as the staff begin arriving, rumors will sprcad. May I tell people that you’ll be making an announcement?" "Good point. I’ll speak to everyone in the Great Hall at, say, nine-thirty." The […]

there are television cameras in every

She had not known this two hours ago, when she had phoned Stanley Oxenford, chairman and majority shareholder in Oxenford Medical. She had been dreading the call. She had to give him the worst possible news, and take the blame. She steeled herself for his disappointment, indignation, or perhaps rage. He had said, "Are you […]

to hear what he had to say

Maybe they could do the job some other time, when the excitement had died down and security had returned to its normal level. Perhaps the customer could be persuaded to postpone his deadline. Kit shuddered when he thought of his enormous debt remaining unpaid. But there was no point in going ahead when failure was […]

affected seems more like a

Whatever they might or might not say, Kit knew what the people at the Kremlin were doing: upgrading their security as fast as they could. Toni Gallo would be there already, tightening up procedures, checking alarms and cameras, briefing the security guards. It was the worst possible news for Kit. He was enraged. "Why do […]

This was tabloid television

Osborne said, "Scientists experiment with some of the most dangerous viruses in the world right here in Scotland, in the building behind me, dubbed ‘Frankenstein’s Castle’ by local people." Kit had never heard anyone call it "Frankenstein’s Castle." Osborne was making that up. Its nickname was the Kremlin. "But today, in what seems to some […]