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Terminal Compromise

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Terminal Compromise is here in full — 921 sentences across 185 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Winn Schwartau • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Wednesday, January 6 Amsterdam, Holland Scott Mason had a theory.

It didn't matter than no one else believed it, or that they thought him daffy.

It worked for him.

He believed that jet lag was caused by the human body traveling across mystical magnetic force fields called Ley lines.

The physics of his theory made common sense to anyone but a scien- tist.

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Chapter XIV Reading 1/184

Terminal Compromise

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Terminal Compromise is here in full — 921 sentences across 185 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/184 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Wednesday, January 6 Amsterdam, Holland Scott Mason had a theory.

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It didn't matter than no one else believed it, or that they thought him daffy.

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It worked for him.

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He believed that jet lag was caused by the human body traveling across mystical magnetic force fields called Ley lines.

Line 5

The physics of his theory made common sense to anyone but a scien- tist.

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a

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across

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Amsterdam

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anyone

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believed

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body

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but

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by

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called

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caused

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common

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daffy

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didn't

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else

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fields

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for

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force

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had

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He

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him

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his

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Holland

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human

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It

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January

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jet

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lag

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Ley

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lines

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made

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magnetic

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Mason

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matter

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mystical

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no

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of

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one

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or

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physics

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scien

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Scott

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sense

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than

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that

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the

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theory

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they

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thought

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tist

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to

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traveling

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was

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Wednesday

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worked

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Chapter 14 of Terminal Compromise by Winn Schwartau holds 921 sentences, grouped into 185 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.

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