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The Washington Bureaucrat leaned back in his chair, puffing on his pipe, and meditated quietly as he looked at the maa and woman sitting in the front of his desk. They were nice people, really-brigh, eager academics-and he did want to help them. They needed research funds to study some savages living in a jungle in South America, and were obviously good at their jobs. But it was a pity they knew so little about …

…Okay?" The man and woman exchanged glances. Then the man said, "Well, I think we understand each other. We'll go plan a study, and submit a proposal to you. If we agree on the details, you'll get us the funding. And, as you said, any other research we do 'on the side' is our business." The Bureaucrat beamed. "Marvelous! I hope you'd see it that way. Now, Let's go find a drink somewhere and celebrate!"