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Terminal Compromise

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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Wednesday, December 9 New York The late afternoon pace of the City Room at the Times tended to be chaotic.
As deadlines approached and the paper was laid out for the printers, the flurry of activity was associated with an increase in the loudness of the room.
Scott Mason listened with one hand over his right ear and the phone so awkwardly pressed between his left ear and shoulder that his glasses sat askew on his face.
Suddenly hanging up the phone, Scott sprung up shout- ing, "I got it."
Several people stopped and stared in his direction, but seeing nothing of concern or interest to them, they returned to their own world.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Terminal Compromise

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Terminal Compromise is here in full — 1055 sentences across 211 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/211 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Wednesday, December 9 New York The late afternoon pace of the City Room at the Times tended to be chaotic.
Line 2
As deadlines approached and the paper was laid out for the printers, the flurry of activity was associated with an increase in the loudness of the room.
Line 3
Scott Mason listened with one hand over his right ear and the phone so awkwardly pressed between his left ear and shoulder that his glasses sat askew on his face.
Line 4
Suddenly hanging up the phone, Scott sprung up shout- ing, "I got it."
Line 5
Several people stopped and stared in his direction, but seeing nothing of concern or interest to them, they returned to their own world.

All words in this reading · 84

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9

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activity

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afternoon

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an

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and

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approached

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As

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askew

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associated

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at

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awkwardly

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be

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between

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but

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chaotic

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City

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concern

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deadlines

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December

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direction

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ear

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face

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flurry

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for

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glasses

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got

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hand

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hanging

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his

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I

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in

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increase

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ing

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interest

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it

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laid

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late

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left

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listened

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loudness

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Mason

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New

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nothing

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of

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on

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one

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or

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out

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over

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own

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pace

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paper

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people

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phone

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pressed

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printers

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returned

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right

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Room

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sat

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Scott

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seeing

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Several

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shoulder

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shout

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so

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sprung

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stared

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stopped

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Suddenly

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tended

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that

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The

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their

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them

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they

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Times

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to

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up

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was

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Wednesday

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with

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world

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York

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Chapter 12 of Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau holds 1055 sentences, grouped into 211 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 12 of Terminal Compromise contain?

Chapter 12 holds 1055 sentences of Terminal Compromise, unabridged, divided into 211 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 of Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1055 sentences, grouped into 211 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 12 of Terminal Compromise?

Work through the 211 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 211 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 12 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Terminal Compromise

Common questions about reading Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Terminal Compromise?

Yes. All 17226 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #79 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Terminal Compromise is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #79, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Terminal Compromise take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 3446 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Terminal Compromise section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Terminal Compromise

Words and structures a reader meets early in Terminal Compromise, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

August
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Years
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National
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Security
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