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"Occasion ... for Disaster" by Randall Garrett and Laurence M.

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Randall Garrett
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 30434 *** Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction November 1960, December 1960, January 1961, February 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. OCCASION ... for DISASTER By MARK PHILLIPS Illustrated by van Dongen _A very small slip, at just the wrong place, can devastate any enterprise. One tiny transistor can go wrong ... and ruin a multi-million …

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