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The Pew Research Center published last week a report expansively titled "What the World Thinks in 2002". "The World", reduced to 44 countries and 38,000 interviewees, included 3500 respondent from central and east Europe: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Uzbekistan stood in for the formerly Soviet central Asia.

While the steward's department was preparing coffee for the interviewees, now assembling in the corridor, the four members of the Committee arranged themselves at the larger of the tables. Mr. Tucker lighted a cigar and fingered it. "A rather good meal," he said. The others nodded. "I may as well start off, while we're waiting," Mr. Wallace said.

Of course," Aunt added uneasily, "we're glad to see any friend of Nelly's." "Oh, by the way, I'm interviewing you," Cadge announced; Star wants to follow up its beat. You haven't talked?" "Why, no; but do I have to be interviewed?" Just at first the idea was a shock, I must confess. "Do you have to be interviewed? Wish all interviewees were as meek.

"Of course. That sort of thing is sometimes told to nervous interviewees. We don't bother with it. But now supposing I told you very sincerely that no recording will be made of any little personal glimpses we may get?" "Lying again." "Right again," said Pilch. "You've been scanned about as thoroughly as anyone ever gets to be outside of a total therapy.